For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew
Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the
medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers.
------------------------------------ The winter of 1353 has been
appallingly wet, there is a fever outbreak amongst the poorer
townspeople and the country is not yet fully recovered from the
aftermath of the plague. The increasing reputation and wealth of
the Cambridge colleges are causing dangerous tensions between the
town, Church and University. Matthew Bartholomew is called to look
into the deaths of three members of the University of who died from
drinking poisoned wine, and soon he stumbles upon criminal
activities that implicate his relatives, friends and colleagues -
so he must solve the case before matters in the town get out of
hand... In the year 1357, Cambridge University is in dire financial
straits: the town's landlords are demanding an extortionate rent
rise for the students' hostels and the plague years have left the
colleges with scant resources. Tension between town and gown is at
boiling point and soon explodes into violence and death. Into this
maelstrom comes a charismatic physician whose healing methods owe
more to magic than medicine - but his success threatens Matthew
Bartholomew's professional reputation, and his life ...
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