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The first two Matthew Bartholomew exploits, in the tradition of Ellis Peters

A Plague on Both Your Houses

Meet 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 is teacher of Medicine at Michaelhouse, part of the fledgling University of Cambridge. It’s 1348 and a terrible pestilence is travelling relentlessly from Europe towards England. But Bartholomew is distracted by the sudden and inexplicable death of the Master of Michaelhouse – a death the University authorities do not was investigated.

An Unholy Alliance

Two years after the Black Death hit England, the people of Cambridge are still struggling to overcome its effects. Bands of outlaws roam the land and the high death rate among priests and monks has left the people vulnerable to sinister cults that have grown up in the wake of the plague. At Michaelhouse, Matthew Bartholomew is training new physicians to replace those who died of the pestilence when the body of a friar is found the University’s massive document chest.

Susanna Gregory is a pseudonym. Before she earned her PhD at the University of Cambridge and became a research Fellow at one of the colleges, she was a police officer in Yorkshire. She has written a number of non-fiction books, including ones on castles, cathedrals, historic houses and world travel. She and her husband live in Carmarthen.