Susanna Gregory A Bone of Contention

In 1325, the terrible legacy of the Black Death still hangs over Cambridge. Fears of a future outbreak drive people to seek protection in the power of holy relics, while the University is once more the scene for violent clashes between students and townsfolk. Matthew Bartholomew, Michaelhouse teacher and public physician, has a professional interest in order returning to the streets – his enormous practice of paupers means he does not have time to deal with a lot of injuries resulting from riots and mayhem. With rumours spreading about the discovery of a skeleton reputed to belong to a local martyr, a skeleton that even the physician confirms as human, a young student’s brutal murder plunges the town into chaos, and Bartholomew must ask himself if the two corpses – and the rioting – are linked to something deeper than local enmities. When suspicion falls on a respected University Principal and his scholars, Bartholomew’s investigation becomes the source of conflict within...

Author: Gregory Susanna
Year of publication: 1997
Collection: Хроники Мэттью Бартоломью
Genre: Historical detective
Number of pages: 469
Reading time: 7 h. 49 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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