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Religious relics, simpletons, millers, unmitigated cold, unclean clerics and arrogant townsfolk pepper the Gregory novels, and you can smell medieval Cambridge, tasting the filth as you read. (HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW )
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The Tenth Chronicle of the mediaeval physician turned sleuth, Matthew Bartholomew.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Just a Delight for the Reader,
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This review is from: The Hand Of Justice: The Tenth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew (The Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew) (Paperback)
I know that historical fiction is not usually at the top of the best seller lists and I guess that it is not really a subject that appeals to the mainstream book reading public, but if ever an author deserved best sellers Susanna Gregory is certainly one of them.
She is not as prolific a writer as many of the authors who write this style of book and the anticipation of waiting for a new title can be quite frustrating for the reader. However the wait is always worthwhile. I am not sure whether it is Matthew Bartholomew himself, or the setting of Cambridge in the mid-fourteenth century but Miss Gregory's books seem to carry an aura all of their own. Certainly for me and hopefully for other readers as well. Cambridge 1355, the townspeople and the students of Cambridge are as always at one another's throats. Although the students bring status and wealth to the City the people of Cambridge still consider them louts and trouble makers. The tension has increased with the return to the City of two well-born murderers. They have been released by none other than the King himself, after he deemed that a Royal pardon was appropriate. The pair are showing no remorse whatsoever and are more than ready to confront the citizens who helped in their conviction in the first place. In the middle of all this Bartholomew is called to a local mill where two corpses have been found. Is there a connection between the bodies and the release of the murderers. Is anything that simple in 14th century Cambridge.
33 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent author and novel,
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This review is from: The Hand of Justice: 10 (Matthew Bartholomew Chronicle (Time Warner)) (Hardcover)
Susanna Gregory has written nine previous volumes about her medieval sleuth set in 14th century Cambridge, all of them were excellent, this is no exception, except she has excelled herself with characterisation and descriptive narrative.Historical crime novels seem to be the poor relations when it comes to sales, but Gregory, Bernard Knight, Paul Doherty and Peter Tremayne are every bit as good as the 'moderns' such as Harlan Coben and the like, indeed, I would suggest that more research goes into their books as the settings are acurate for the time periods. So, if you are looking for a crime novel and want to read the best - buy this book and put Susanna Gregory and her medieval world at the top of the best sellers list where she belongs. Oh, and don't forget the other authors I mentioned.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
As good as historical novels get,
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This review is from: The Hand Of Justice: The Tenth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew (The Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew) (Paperback)
Volume ten in the Matthew Bartholomew chronicles is as good as the previous nine: an intricate plot, enough detail to make 14th century Cambridge come alive and last but not least: a host of very-well fleshed out characters, both familiar ones from the previous novels (although I do miss Cynric, I wonder what happened to him?) and new ones.On to volume eleven, which is unfortunately also the last (so far, that is...). I will sorely miss Matthew & co when I finish that last chronicle!
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