A Poisonous Plot
The Twenty First Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew
$35.28
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
9 August 2016
Summary
The twenty first chronicle in the Matthew Bartholomew series.
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751549782 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0751549789 |
| Author: | Susanna Gregory |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2016 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 126mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew |
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Susanna Gregory has an extraordinary ability to conjure up a strong sense of time and place– Choice
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 - ChoiceAbout The Author
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.
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