Items related to A Summer of Discontent (Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles)
Matthew Bartholomew jumps at the chance to travel to Ely with Brother Michael, as it will give him a unique opportunity to study in the richly stocked library of the Benedictine priory. Michael has been summoned to the city by his bishop, but it isn't until they arrive that they discover the reason - the bishop has been accused of murder. The charge seems ludicrous, but Michael takes the investigation seriously and energetically sets about his task. Almost immediately he discovers that there appears to have been a series of unexplained deaths in the area. At the same time Bartholomew comes across an underground movement of rebellion against the church and the tithes they demand from the laity, and the two men also learn that there has been a spate of burglaries which are being blamed on a band of travellers. Then a fellow of the priory is murdered almost under their noses. Can this death be connected to the others? Are all the killings linked to the burgeoning rebellion in the city? Once again Susanna Gregory has created a superbly crafted mystery narrated with wit and style against a perfectly realised period background.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Publisher:
Skillfully blending history, medicine, and murder most foul, these intricate medieval mysteries follow the investigations of 14th–century Cambridge physician and forensic sleuth Matthew Bartholomew. The pseudonymous author Susanna Gregory, a Cambridge academic, is a former coroner’s officer.
About the Author:
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 in Restoration London, and now lives in Wales with her husband, who is also a writer.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 075153238X
- ISBN 13 9780751532388
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages528
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 12.71
Shipping:
US$ 4.80
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
A Summer of Discontent (Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles)
Published by
Little, Brown Book Group
(2003)
ISBN 10: 075153238X
ISBN 13: 9780751532388
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I6-69JP-7B87
Buy New
US$ 12.71
Convert currency
Stock Image
A Summer of Discontent (Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles)
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. It is 1354, and the Bishop of Ely has been accused of a most terrible murder. Glovere was steward to Lady Blanche de Wake, a close relative of the King. A malicious gossip, his body was discovered days after the Bishop had publicly threatened him. Protesting his innocence, the Bishop summons Cambridge proctor Brother Michael to help clear his name. When Michael and his friend, Matthew Bartholomew, inspect the body, they realize someone has stabbed him quite precisely in the back of the neck. When two similar murders are discovered, it is clear that whoever the murderer is, he is getting better and better at his modus operandi. Seller Inventory # DADAX075153238X
Buy New
US$ 23.18
Convert currency