A plague on both your houses : [the third chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew

A Plague on Both Your Houses introduces physician Matthew Bartholomew, whose unorthodox but effective treatment of his patients frequently draws accusations of heresy from his more traditional colleagues. Besides his practice, Bartholomew teaches medicine at Michaelhouse, part of the fledgling University of Cambridge. In 1348, the inhabitants of Cambridge live under the shadow of a terrible pestilence that has ravaged Europe and is traveling relentlessly towards England. Bartholomew, however, is distracted by the sudden and inexplicable death of the Master of Michaelhouse, a death University authorities do not want investigated. His pursuit of the truth leads him into a complex tangle of lies and intrigue that forces him to question the innocence of his closest friends, even his family. And then the Black Death finally arrives. Review A good, serious and satisfying read IRISH TIMES About the Author Susanna Gregory is the pseudonym of an academic at Cambridge. Before studying anthropology she worked in a coroner's office. Kindle Collection : mystery Medieval physician Matthew Bartholomew is curious about the string of deaths he encounters in his town and begins to look deeper into the matter, but when the Black Death strikes, he realizes that his investigation is secondary to his own survival. A medieval mystery in which a professor is mangled to death by a waterwheel. Professor Bartholomew finds the case is linked to a conflict between Oxford and Cambridge universities