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23%OFFSusanna Gregory - A Poisonous Plot: The Twenty First Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew - 9780751549782 - V9780751549782
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A Poisonous Plot: The Twenty First Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew

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Description for A Poisonous Plot: The Twenty First Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew Paperback. The latest chronicle of the foremost physician/sleuth in medieval Cambridge Series: Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 266.
In 1358, over a century after its foundation in Cambridge, the college of Michaelhouse is facing a serious shortfall of funds and competition from upstarts rivals such as Zachary Hostel. Their problems are made no easier by the hostility of the town's inhabitants who favour the university moving away to the Fens. This simmering tension threatens to break into violence when a well-known tradesman is found dead in one of the colleges. Matthew Bartholomew knows he was poisoned but cannot identify the actual substance, never mind the killer. He also worries that other illnesses and deaths ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew
Condition
New
Weight
265g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751549782
SKU
V9780751549782
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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 Poisonous Plot: The Twenty First Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew
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 Susanna Gregory has an extraordinary ability to conjure up a strong sense of time and place
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