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Night of the Lightbringer (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 28): An unputdownable Celtic mystery Hardcover – June 29, 2017

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Ireland, AD 671. On the eve of the pagan feast of Samhain, Brother Edulf and the warrior, Aidan, discover a man murdered in an unlit pyre in the heart of Cashel. He has been dressed in the robes of a religieux and killed by the ritualistic 'three deaths'.

When a strange woman known as Branche� appears in a raven-feather cloak foretelling of ancient gods returning to exact revenge upon the mortal world, she is quickly branded a suspect.

But in their search for the killer, Sister Fidelma and Eadulf will soon discover a darker shadow looming over the fortress. For their investigation is linked to a book stolen from the Papal Secret Archives which could destroy the New Faith in the Five Kingdoms...and Fidelma herself will come up against mortal danger before the case is unravelled.
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    Sister Fidelma Mysteries
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Headline (June 29, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1472238699
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1472238696
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.37 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.3 x 1.3 x 9.33 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 720 ratings

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Peter Tremayne

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Peter Tremayne is the fiction pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis, a renowned Celtic scholar who has written over 30 books on the Ancient Celts and the Irish. As Tremayne, he is best known for his stories and novels featuring 7th century Irish religieuse Fidelma of Cashel. He lives in London.

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JRAlpine
5.0 out of 5 stars Guilty Pleasures
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2018
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The Sister Fidelma mysteries are guilty pleasures to readers who enjoy arcane theological disputes, unpronounceable Celtic names, and plots more twisted than bed sheets fresh from the spin cycle. “Night of the Lightbringer” is a lively addition to the lengthy series, with Fidelma on home turf and challenged by a series of unsettling murders right under her brother Colgu’s royal drawbridge.

Indeed, the turmoil focuses on a mysterious abbey/fortress that the Eoghanacht monarchs have somehow never noticed, even though the building is roughly in hiking distance from Cashel—a plot defect that author Tremayne deals with gamely simply by having his characters repeatedly acknowledge the oddity. No problem. This story moves along quickly, full of inventive characters, unanticipated events, and several brutal murders. King Colgu has a rough time of it in this episode too, making us wonder about his future. And it might be intriguing if subsequent novels advanced the overall story line a bit more rapidly. Time for Alchu to grow up and start causing problems?

But if you enjoy the series, you’ll welcome the familiar way Fidelma unwinds a complicated plot in the final chapters of "Night of the Lightbringer," and you’ll likely have figured out, too, who the arch-villain is—though perhaps not that person’s motives. Kudos to Peter Tremayne for many hours of reading pleasure over decades now.
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4.0 out of 5 stars had all the bits together before her big reveal
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2018
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Fidelma is bored, but when a ritual pagan murder is found in a ritual fire for the feast of Samhain she gets a little more than a simple puzzle. The man is dressed as a religious but quickly is recognized as a disreputable shepherd and appears to be killed in the three fold death of the Old Ways. The Chief Brehon is away dealing with some stolen silver shipments. Fidelma is also told to assist a mystery man from Rome should he appear and request it. To keep things interesting a strange woman is also claiming to be from the island of the dead and pronouncing curses on Fidelma's family and Cashel broadly. As usual Eadulf is helping and this time it is Aidan who is accompanying them. Some things I figured out early on, others less quickly, but this time I had all the bits together before her big reveal which I usually think is unfair with hidden clues she didn't describe when found.
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Foxmouse
5.0 out of 5 stars ... TO BOTH THINK ABOUT A CULTURE AND SOCIETY AND ENJOY THE STORY AND ENGAGE IN THINKING ABOUT THE MYSTERY ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2017
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THE CONTINUING SAGE OF A SEVENTH CENTURY WOMAN WHO IS SISTER OF A KING AND A DALEIGH OF HER SOCIETY CONTINUES TO ENGAGE AND DRAW ME INTO THE LIFE OF THE CELTIC PEOPLE THROUGH THE ART OF A CELTIC SCHOLAR TURNED NOVELIST WHO WEAVES FACTUAL INFORMATION INTO FICTIONAL TALES THAT COMPEL A READER TO BOTH THINK ABOUT A CULTURE AND SOCIETY AND ENJOY THE STORY AND ENGAGE IN THINKING ABOUT THE MYSTERY AND WHAT SOLUTION MIGHT BE COMING. THE STORY IS CRISP THE CHARACTERS FASCINATING AND THE READING RELAXING. i HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS STORY AND THE ENTIRE SERIES TO ANYONE WHO LIKES MYSTERY AND WOULD LIKE TO GAIN INSIGHT ON CELTIC CULTURE.
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Mela R
5.0 out of 5 stars If you love historical mysteries Fidelma is for you. The author is knowledgeable and the charactors interesting.
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2018
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I love Sister Fidelma mysteries, so I generally give them a good grade. They are intricate an accurate. While some might find the details boring, a history buff like me loves this.
This one had a bit more action and interesting characters and the mystery was good. As usual I find Fidelma is not a soft fuzzy person, but that makes her character and others more interesting. There was really not much to be soft and fuzzy about in that time. The last two? books haven't been recorded in Audible which is disappointing. I love the narrators voice.
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Lam, I am
4.0 out of 5 stars not up to par
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2022
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The story dragged unlike his previous novels. I couldn’t; get involved. It seemed artificial that the cautious Abbott would be careless and sloppy. I feel most of the characters, especially “f” were imperious to an intolerable degree.
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Bibliophila
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2017
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Sister Fidelma books are a delight to read...well-researched and well-plotted with interesting characters. I've always liked historical novels...the more historical detail the better. The only other author who comes close to this amount of really interesting, accurate detail is Dorothy Dunnett. Sadly, Dorothy has gone on to further adventures herself...but Peter is still here. May he continue telling us about Sister Fidelma for many more books.

Night of the Lightbringer did a masterful job of contrasting pre-Christian and Christian era culture in conflict. Check it out!
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Laura E.
3.0 out of 5 stars Predictable fare
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2019
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As usual, the story bogs down under the litany of names Peter Tremayne throws out one after another and also by the long-winded history lessons inserted into dialogue. In fact, even Fidelma, like the reader, grows impatient with the constant listing of names or places and the rehashed historical data.

The plot is also a tad redundant. Earlier books in the series did not seem to focus solely on the differences in interpretation of faith as have the last half-dozen or so. At least "Night of the Lightbringer" did not harp on the roles women should or should not play in society.

As always, Tremayne does an excellent job of keeping the reader guessing as to who is involved in the plot and in what manner. At least one of the guilty was a surprise to me.

The pace finally picked up once Fidelma sought to enter into the abbey in a covert manner. From then on, the book was difficult to put down. If only the entire novel had been as exciting.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lightbringer provides a spooky and sticky problem for Fidelma
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2018
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In Night Of The Lightbringer Peter Tremayne gives readers a sinister mystery set during the festival that our modern day Halloween comes. As Fidelma of Cashel tries to find the connection between a man's dead body found in a woodpile for a festival bonfire and a heretical anicent text the suspects abound and the reader is kept guessing. This one is not to be missed!
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Clemens Schoonderwoert
5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Fascinating Sister Fidelma Mystery!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2018
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This intriguing mystery is already the 28th volume of the tremendous "Sister" Fidelma series from the author Peter Tremayne, which is the fiction pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis.
As usual you'll find at the beginning of the book the historical details concerning this mystery, and once more they are thoroughly documented and explained by the author, who has a great knowledge about this Irish historical period, also you'll notice a well-drawn map of Fidelma's world of Muman (Munster) in the 7th Century, and not to forget a wonderful list of Principal Characters, who are featuring in this exciting story.
Story-telling is as always of a superb quality, so much so that the author will keep you spellbound from start to finish with this thrilling mystery.
All the characters come wonderfully to life in this exciting mystery, and thus making this eventful and gripping story such a joy to follow till its very end.
This tale is like its predecessors set in the year AD 671, and its set around the time of Cet Gaimrid, the first of winter, which is November in the Celtic year, and with the celebration of Samhain, which is marking the end of summer.
The mystery starts off with the discovery of the corpse of Spelan, a shepherd but who's been dressed as a religieux, with the signs of the three-fold death on him in a pyre which is build for the celebration of Samhain, by Brother Eadulf, his son Alchu and Aidan, warrior of the Golden Collar, the King's Bodyguard.
What will follow is a very entertaining and thrilling mystery in which our super-sleuth the Dalaigh, Fidelma of Cashel, and her companion, Brother Eadulf, while investigating this murder case will encounter some more murders as well as various other crimes, and to solve all the clues they will have to entangle various mysterious layers before "Sister" Fidelma can finally uncover and prosecute the culprit(s) of the various crimes.
Highly recommended, for this is once again: "A Very Fascinating Sister Fidelma Mystery"!
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Mahe Anita
3.0 out of 5 stars le dernier Peter Tremayne
Reviewed in France on August 8, 2017
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L'histoire est toujours aussi bien écrite même si ce n'est pas son meilleur roman. Toutefois, on a l'impression que l'imagination de l'auteur s' essouffle ( l'âge? Le deuil récent de son épouse?) Les dernières phrases du roman prononcées par Colgù, le frère de Fidelma, sont-elles le reflet de l'état d'esprit de l'auteur? Pour info, Peter Tremayne est encore sous contrat pour deux autres romans. Ensuite?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant who done it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2020
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Sister Fidelma is facing this time superstition, murder, intrig, thieving and being taken hostage... But as usual she is not deterred to find out who liked the Shepard after the old customs, who stole a secret book from Rome and what a suspicious abbot is up to in his castle. Great storyline. Lots of twists and turns. A joy to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Peter Tremayne is an excellent author when it comes to taking his reader into ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 21, 2017
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Peter Tremayne is an excellent author when it comes to taking his reader into the lives and times of the Irish in the Five Kingdoms of Ireland during the life and living in the year 670...Rally enjoyed this book
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R. Hughes.
3.0 out of 5 stars A Google but predictable read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 5, 2018
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A good light read that keeps you entertained even if it does tread a well trodden route familiar to all who know this series.
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