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 The Tarnished Chalice - Susanna Gregory
 The Tarnished Chalice - Susanna Gregory ... Michael arrive in Lincoln - Michael to accept an honour from the cathedral, and Bartholomew to look for the woman he wants to marry. It is not long before they learn that the friary in which they are staying is not the safe haven they imagine - one guest has already been murdered. It soon emerges that the dead man was holding the Hugh Chalice, a Lincoln relic with a curiously bloody history. Bartholomew and Michael are soon drawn into a web of murder, lies and suspicion in a city where neither knows who can be trusted.Newest Review: ... and Bartholomew are in Lincoln, so there is not the usual extensive cast of familiar characters from Cambridge. Bartholomew ... more ... lives in Michaelhouse, one of the colleges which make up the University of Cambridge, although he is not a monk but a lay brother of the order. He teaches medicine but is seen as unorthodox (and sometimes as a heretic) because of his unusal ideas about medicine i.e. washing his hands etc.
Bartholomew learned abroad from an arabic teacher and also learned to dissect bodies which is not allowed in England at this time as it is against Church teachings.
He has come to Lincoln with Brother Michael in order to search fo...more |
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The Tarnished Chalice - Susanna Gregory: More Matthew Bartholomew! (650 words)
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"The Tarnished Chalice" is the twelfth book in the Matthew Bartholomew series by Susanna Gregory. The series has run to fourteen chronicles now and number fifteen is due in June this year. It is set in 14th Century Cambridge and revolves around Dr Matthew Bartholomew who helps to solve murders/mysteries by inspecting bodies, usually at the request of his good friend Brother Michael. I first discovered Susanna Gregory and the Matthew Bartholomew chronicles a few years ago and have read them sporadically - usually in no particular order. The books are easy enough to read as stand alone books although they are part of a series, but they are generally ... Read the complete review
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