A Bone of Contention (Matthew Bartholomew Series #3)

by Susanna Gregory

Overview

For the twentieth anniversary of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere reissued the books with beautiful new illustrated covers.

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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...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780748124398
Publisher:	Little, Brown Book Group
Publication date:	12/02/2010
Series:	Matthew Bartholomew Series , #3
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	31,561
File size:	461 KB

About the Author

Susanna Gregory was a police officer in Leeds before taking up an academic career. She has served as an environmental consultant, worked eighteen 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. She now lives in Wales with her husband, who is also a writer.

Editorial Reviews

A new college in 14th-century Cambridge hopes to improve its fortunes by displaying saintly relics recently discovered in the King's Ditch surrounding the towneven if it must manufacture its own. Series protagonists Brother Michael and physician Matthew Bartholomew of Michaelhouse College (An Unholy Alliance, LJ 12/96), who dispute medicine and argue murder theories, spot the scam but must tread carefully for fear of igniting various rival antagonisms in the town. This is a finely detailed cross section of life in medieval England, still recovering from the plague of 1348. Fans of historical mysteries will clamor for more.

Library Journal

Gregory produces a lively and intelligent tale set vividly in turbulent medieval England.” —Publishers Weekly on An Unholy Alliance

“A believable medieval Cambridge, with muddy graveyards, fortified universities, and town/student antipathies.” —Library Journal on An Unholy Alliance

“Complex and eventful.” —Kirkus Reviews on An Unholy Alliance

“An Unholy Alliance is an exciting medieval whodunit that fans of historical mysteries will simply devour from first page to last.” —The Midwest Book Review on An Unholy Alliance

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