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The Killer Of Pilgrims (2010)

by Susanna Gregory(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

075154258X (ISBN13: 9780751542585)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Little, Brown Book Group

series

Matthew Bartholomew

review 1: Cambridge, England, February 1358. Physician Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael are up to their ears once again in murders and other dastardly doings. And do you know what? A lot of people are lying to them or otherwise covering up their involvements.Over half the characters in this novel are real people, at least they have the names of real people who were around Cambridge at about that time. They might not necessarily be accurate portrayals of those people.Was Cambridge really such a hotbed of suspicion and animosity in 1358? For purposes of the plot there had to be.There is considerable humor in this series, some at the expense of people who take themselves to seriously and some at the expense of people who don't take themselves seriously en... moreough.
review 2: In some of the more recent books in this series, the ridiculous characters overwhelmed those with any amount of common sense. The balance in this book is somewhat better. Even with some new students and new fellows of the college, however, many of the conversations between characters feel a little stale - the same sorts of conversations happened in the last book and the book before that and the book before that...I have read this series since the beginning. Initially I liked it so much I bought the hardbacks from the UK and read them the day I received them. Then I bought the hardbacks in the US a few months after the UK release and read them the day I received them. The next one I may try to get from the library rather than buy it at all. less

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