Matthew Bartholomew Series 1-25 – Susanna Gregory Free Audiobook

Written by Susanna Gregory
Read by David Thorpe
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Matthew Bartholomew is a fictional physician living in fourteenth-century Cambridge. He is a master at the College of Michaelhouse at the University of Cambridge, where he teaches medicine.

The series begins with the imminent arrival of the plague (the ‘Black Death’, although this wasn’t a term that was used at the time). Like all medici of his age, Bartholomew is concerned that his remedies may not be effective, and dreads the onslaught that is about to come. A Plague on Both Your Houses takes place in that devastating time of fear and uncertainty.

The rest of the series is post-plague – which was an equally terrifying time. People thought God and His saints had deserted them in their darkest hour, and it did not go unnoticed that the mortality rates were high in some of the religious foundations: the Cambridge Dominicans were wiped out to a man. Why should people listen to the Church when the Almighty had ignored the prayers of His priests? Some settlements dealt with the question by rededicating their churches to the Virgin Mary, on the grounds that she might be more open to petitions, while others turned to more ancient religions or witchcraft.
1. A Plague On Both Your Houses (1996)
2. An Unholy Alliance (1996)
3. A Bone of Contention (1997)
4. A Deadly Brew (1998)
5. A Wicked Deed (1999)
6. A Masterly Murder (2000)
7. An Order for Death (2001)
8. A Summer of Discontent (2002)
9. A Killer in Winter (2003)
10. The Hand of Justice (2004)
11. The Mark of a Murderer (2005)
12. The Tarnished Chalice (2006)
13. To Kill or Cure (2007)
14. The Devil’s Disciples (2008)
15. A Vein of Deceit (2009)
16. The Killer of Pilgrims (2010)
17. Murder in the Minster (2011)
aka Mystery in the Minster
18. Murder by the Book (2012)
19. The Lost Abbot (2013)
20. Death of a Scholar (2014)
21. A Poisonous Plot (2015)
22. A Grave Concern (2016)
23. The Habit of Murder (2017)
24. The Sanctuary Murders (2019)
25. The Chancellor’s Secret (2021)