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A Plague on Both Your Houses

The First Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew

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A Plague on Both Your Houses

By: Susanna Gregory
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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Matthew Bartholomew, unorthodox but effective physician to Michaelhouse college in medieval Cambridge, is as worried as anyone about the pestilence that is ravaging Europe and seems to be approaching England. But he is distracted by the sudden and inexplicable death of the Master of Michaelhouse - a death the University authorities do not want investigated.

But Matt is determined to get to the truth, leading him into a tangle of lies and intrigue that cause him to question the innocence of his closest friends - and even his family - just as the Black Death finally arrives.

A Plague on Both Your Houses is the book that introduced Matthew Bartholomew to the world.

©1996 Susanna Gregory (P)2017 Little Brown Book Group Crime Fiction Historical Mystery Fiction Middle Ages Crime
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Having read other reviews I was a bit uncertain about this one. But I enjoy historical fiction so thought I’d give it a go. It was initially difficult to get really caught up in the story but after a couple of chapters I really wanted to know what was going on! It resolved well - if a bit too neatly for my taste.
I was unsure about the narration to begin with but changed my mind quite quickly. The voice characterisations really enlivened the story for me & created great dramatic effect.
I am likely to come back to this author again.

Slow start but ultimately worth the time

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Based on logic and deduction and inference. Thus leading to many red herrings. Murder in plague times adding to mystery.

Good story

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A good story to listen to knowing there are more to follow in the series.

well read fiction.

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A wee bit slow to “take off” but worth hanging in there.
Exceptional narration, best iv heard.

Interesting

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I found this book hard work. Not my cup of tea I’m afraid , it was tedious and bogged down with intrigue

Hard work to keep going

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i’ve recently finished the Shardlake and Giordano Bruno series of books and hoped this would be as good, unfortunately this definitely was not the case.
I found the overall story plot to be thin and boring at times and the narrative hammy at best
Struggled to get to the end without giving up
It just wasn’t for me

Disappointing

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