An Unholy Alliance, Susanna Gregory
An Unholy Alliance, Susanna Gregory
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An Unholy Alliance
The Second Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew

Author: Susanna Gregory

Narrator: David Thorpe

Unabridged: 12 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/23/2017

Synopsis

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

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In 1350, the people of Cambridge are struggling to overcome the effects of the Black Death - and with a high mortality rate among priests and monks, the townsfolk are vulnerable to sinister cults that have sprung up.

At Michaelhouse, Matthew Bartholomew is training new physicians when the body of a friar is found in the massive chest that the University uses to store precious documents. While investigating, Bartholomew stumbles across a derelict church being used as a meeting place for the mysterious sect he believes is at the heart of a web of blackmail and deceit - with intention to overthrow the established religion.

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 Sonja Rosa Lisa ♡ on October 28, 2022

4,5 Sterne Endlich mal wieder ein Historischer Krimi, der mich so richtig fesseln konnte. Wir sind in Cambridge im Jahr 1350, was an sich schon spannend ist. Die Pest ist gerade vorbei, die Nachwirkungen noch sehr deutlich spürbar. Diese düstere Atmosphäre zieht sich durch das ganze Buch. Es geht um......more

Goodreads review by Clemens on July 17, 2019

**Definitely 4.5 STARS!** This eventful historical mystery is the 2nd volume of the "Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles", originally from 1996 but still very delightful, from the author, Susanna Gregory. Storytelling is of a very good quality, the characters come wonderfully to life within this mystery, a......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on December 17, 2015

Published: 31/12/1998 Author: Susanna Gregory Recommended for: fans of historical fiction In this book we get to go on the second adventure of the 'Matthew Bartholomew' series of stories. Matthew Bartholomew is a physican with amazing ideas that are far advance for his time (two years after the Black D......more

Goodreads review by Pamela on December 06, 2021

Another adventure of Matthew Bartholomew and his sidekick, Brother Michael, in 14th century Cambridge. In this one, someone is killing the town’s prostitutes; there are rumors of devil-worshipping guilds; carts of cloth belonging to Bartholomew’s draper brother-in-law are being attacked and stolen;......more

Goodreads review by Crysta on July 11, 2012

There's a good chance I didn't love this book because the edition I found at the library mistakenly lists it as the first book in the series and I didn't know any better until I started reading it. But still. I like a good mystery and I really enjoy historical fiction. This, though, just didn't ring......more

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