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A Bone of Contention: The Third Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew (The chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew) by: Susanna Gregory List Price: £7.99 City Travel Guides Price: £5.99 You Save: £2.00 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780751520224 ISBN: 0751520225 Label: Time Warner Paperbacks Manufacturer: Time Warner Paperbacks Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 506 Publication Date: June 05, 2003 Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks Studio: Time Warner Paperbacks Sales Rank: 26304 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Third in this Excellent SeriesSusanna Gregory is the pseudonym of a Cambridge academic who was previously a coroner's officer. Her series of medieval mysteries have gained a formidable following. This book is the second in the series and introduces the physician Matthew Bartholomew to the reader. There are now a number of books in the series and they are always eagerly awaited by the author's fans. Besides practising medicine Matthew is also a teacher at a Cambridge University and his sometimes unorthodox treatment of his patients draws accusations of heresy from his more traditional, but less skilled colleagues. In this novel Matthew Bartholomew, a physician at Michaelhouse College in Cambridge, is called to the King's Ditch, a horrible stinking ... Read More: Rating:  - Very goodAnother very good detective story in medieval Cambridge with Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael. Enough twists and turns in the plot to keep you engrossed until you've reached the end. On to volume four in the series! Rating: - My first read of this authorA good story line, good background (was the University really that hated though!), nice characters, and a bumbling detective. THis is the first Susanna Gregory I've read and I will read some others (promise!) Yes the plot twists and turns, but it's a detective story, shouldn't they always do that. This book kept me up til 2am to finish it! Rating: - A Bit Too LongHence the one star off. This is the thrid in the series, and it's the first one which could've done with a bit of shortening. In truth it would been none the worse for being 50 or so pages less, with a few less twists and turns in the story - to the extent that it's a tad confusing who is who and when they died or didn't die. The ending expecially is verging on the contrived, whereby she had a perectly good end, but proceeded to change it, and make it less satisfying Notwithstanding that, the story is well thought out and the characters - both old and new - interact with each other brilliantly. There's always some sort of link from one book to the next - as there is from this one to "A Deadly Brew", which is the next one. It ... Read More: Rating: - Brilliant medieval mysteryDo you like crime fiction? Are you interested in the Middle Ages? If the answer to both questions is "yes", why haven't you read this book yet? It's got it all - a gripping plot, believable characters and lots of information about life in 14th-century Cambridge. I found it very hard to put down and couldn't wait to go on reading. |
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