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A Masterly Murder: The Sixth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew
Susanna Gregory
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Description for A Masterly Murder: The Sixth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew
Paperback. For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers. Series: Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
The Cambridge college of Michaelhouse is in uproar in the November of 1353: Kenyngham the saintly but ageing Master has announced his retirement and with unseemly haste a Michaelhouse Fellow named Runham arranges his own 'election' as his successor. Within days he has dismissed several members of staff, including the redoubtable laundress Agatha, and is making life so unpleasant for the scholars that even Matthew Bartholomew believes his future as physician and teacher at the college is untenable. While Matthew is helping Brother Michael, Proctor of the fledgling university, investigate some suspicious deaths, Runham himself is ... Read more
The Cambridge college of Michaelhouse is in uproar in the November of 1353: Kenyngham the saintly but ageing Master has announced his retirement and with unseemly haste a Michaelhouse Fellow named Runham arranges his own 'election' as his successor. Within days he has dismissed several members of staff, including the redoubtable laundress Agatha, and is making life so unpleasant for the scholars that even Matthew Bartholomew believes his future as physician and teacher at the college is untenable. While Matthew is helping Brother Michael, Proctor of the fledgling university, investigate some suspicious deaths, Runham himself is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751569407
SKU
V9780751569407
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About Susanna Gregory
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 ... Read more
Reviews for A Masterly Murder: The Sixth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew
[A] richly imagined world of colourful medieval society and irresistible monkish sleuthing - Good Book Guide Susanna 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 ... Read more