A Bone Of Contention
The third Matthew Bartholomew Chronicle
Published on 27. October 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-7515-6804-2 (ISBN)
Description
For the twentieth anniversary of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue the first three books with beautiful new series-style covers. Cambridge in 1352 is rife with terrible clashes between the fledgling University and the townspeople. Matthew Bartholomew, physician and teacher at Michaelhouse college, is trying to keep the peace when a student is murdered and the town plunges into chaos. At the same time a skeleton is discovered that is rumoured to belong to a local martyr, and Bartholomew has his hands full investigating both deaths while the rioting intensifies...
Reviews / Votes
[A] richly imagined world of colourful medieval society and irresistible monkish sleuthing - Good Book GuideSusanna Gregory writes with fluency and energy, avoids archaic vocabulary, despite her 14th-century setting and, having had a career as an academic, bases the stories in this enjoyable series on careful research - Literary Review
A first-rate treat for mystery lovers - Historical Novels Review
Susanna Gregory has an extraordinary ability to conjure up a strong sense of time and place - Choice
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 45 mm
Weight
358 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7515-6804-2 (9780751568042)
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E-Book
12/2010
Virago Press Ltd
€4.49
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Person
Susanna Gregory was a police officer in Leeds before taking up an academic career. She has served as an environmental consultant, worked seventeen field seasons in the polar regions, and has taught comparative anatomy and biological anthropology. She is the creator of the Matthew Bartholomew series of mysteries set in medieval Cambridge and the Thomas Chaloner adventures in Restoration London, and now lives in Wales with her husband, who is also a writer.