A Bone Of Contention, Susanna Gregory
A Bone Of Contention, Susanna Gregory
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A Bone Of Contention
The third Matthew Bartholomew Chronicle

Author: Susanna Gregory

Narrator: David Thorpe

Unabridged: 16 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/30/2017

Synopsis

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...

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 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clemens on July 27, 2019

This eventful thrilling book is the 3rd volume of the "Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles" from the author, Susanna Gregory. I don't like to repeat it to you, so I say this to you for the last time for the time being, this story is 22-years old and it still feels and reads as fresh as it was 22-years ago......more

Goodreads review by Madhulika on September 29, 2016

Cambridge, 1352, is a town divided. There is the town, and there is the university. The townsfolk resent the scholars, for having (supposedly) more wealth than them, for being literate, for looking down on them—and that hatred is returned in full measure. A few years after the plague has killed off......more

Goodreads review by Pamela on December 06, 2021

Like all of the books in this series, we have a complex plot and lots of dead bodies. One thing I really appreciate is that Ms. Gregory includes a historical note at the end explaining the factual basis for the premise of the stories. The plot for this book focuses on tensions between “Town and Gown......more

Goodreads review by Bookish Ally on July 07, 2021

Action packed! As I continue to read Susanna Gregory’s series I become more and more impressed by her writing and ability to convey the struggles and social structure of 14th century England. If I had any kind of romantic illusions about this time in history, they’re gone now. I can almost smell the......more

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