Der Schwarze Tod von Cambridge
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9783404159611 (3404159616)
Publish date: 2009
Publisher: Bastei-Lübbe
Pages no: 397
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Mystery,
Detective,
Health,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Crime,
Medicine,
14th Century
Series: Matthew Bartholomew (#1)
After finishing this novel, I felt like I had really read two separate novels. It seemed like there was a novel about the plague and a novel about the murders at Michaelhouse. I understand the plague was a big deal in the world at the time of the events of this novel but the way the writer included ...
This was a book that had been recommended to me by several people as I lamented the fact that I had run out of Shardlake books to read. Some elements of Gregory's writing were reminiscent of Sansom's, even if I didn't feel quite the affection for Matthew Bartholomew as I did for Matthew Shardlake.Ba...
This shows promise. I have a sneaking suspicion that if I knew more about Cambridge and how it works that I would understand if I had attended either Oxford or Cambridge but honestly I sometimes felt a little lost occasionally in the discussion of houses and how the colleges came to be. Our hero, ...
First in the series set in the fledging university of Cambridge. Matthew Bartholomew is a doctor and teacher in the University at the time of the plague. There have been a series of unsettling deaths in the University recenrtly, culminating in the supposed suicide of the master of Michaelhouse colle...
Cambridge, 1348THE SCHOLAR WAITED IN THE BLACK SHADOW OF the churchyard trees for the Sheriff's night patrol to pass by, trying to control his breathing.It has long been acceptable to include first line questions in trivia quizzes, however I see that end lines, other than that of A Tale of Two Citie...