Matthew Bartholomew Omnibus
Author :Susanna Gregory
Condition : Used-Very Good
Binding : Paper-Back Novel
Pages : 813
Publisher : Little Brown Gbr
Language : N/A
Publication Year : N/A
In the first chronicle it is 1348 and the inhabitants of Cambridge are living under the shadow of the Black Death which has ravaged Europe and is on its way to England. Bartholomew is distracted by a series of sudden deaths occuring in the college of Michaelhouse - deaths the University seems unwilling to have investigated. His pursuit leads him into a tangle of lies and intrigue and even when the Black Death arrives some people's desire for wealth and power are more important than the bubonic plague... In the second chronicle Cambridge is struggling to overcome the effects of the Black Death. Outlaws roam the land and people are vulnerable to the cults which have grown up in the wake of the plague. Bartholomew himself stumbles upon the meeting place of such a sect which he finds to be the centre of a web of blackmail and deceit aimed to overthrow the established religion.
Author :Susanna Gregory
Condition : Used-Very Good
Binding : Paper-Back Novel
Pages : 813
Publisher : Little Brown Gbr
Language : N/A
Publication Year : N/A
In the first chronicle it is 1348 and the inhabitants of Cambridge are living under the shadow of the Black Death which has ravaged Europe and is on its way to England. Bartholomew is distracted by a series of sudden deaths occuring in the college of Michaelhouse - deaths the University seems unwilling to have investigated. His pursuit leads him into a tangle of lies and intrigue and even when the Black Death arrives some people's desire for wealth and power are more important than the bubonic plague... In the second chronicle Cambridge is struggling to overcome the effects of the Black Death. Outlaws roam the land and people are vulnerable to the cults which have grown up in the wake of the plague. Bartholomew himself stumbles upon the meeting place of such a sect which he finds to be the centre of a web of blackmail and deceit aimed to overthrow the established religion.