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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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I'm so surprised that this book has had so many negative reviews. The story was complex and gripping (I listened to it over a weekend) and the narration was superb, IMHO. The different voices for each character were great, especially Michael, and the twists and turns of the plot kept me enthralled. Fantastic stuff.

Just brilliant

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A great but complicated story. It was my first audible book and I became hooked. However, at first I found it very difficult to sort out all the characters - when reading I can constantly flip back to check - not so easy when listening hands free. But just how many thousands of times does the name Bartholomew occur?!!

The name is ?

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Loved this book, and have ordered the next book in the series. The narration was great and really brought the characters and story to life. I would highly recommend this author if you enjoy medieval fiction.

Wonderfully atmospheric medieval fiction.

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This story had great potential and it was not un-enjoyable, but the world-building was minimal and I struggled to keep track of the characters as they were barely fleshed-out, just a set of names. Some of the historical details were interesting, particularly the plague treatments. I probably won't listen to it again.

It had potential

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While I found the story quite good, I found the narration often irritating. The gaps between each characters sentences were too often just a too far apart to be comfortable to listen to. To me it doesn't sound natural...almost as if they were recorded in sections and were not glued together right. The narration was not easy to listen to...I was relieved when the book finished

Began listening to the second book...and its the same.

Not listening to other books...however I will purchase them on kindle at some point.

Difficult narration

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