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Chargement... The Mark of a Murderer (original 2005; édition 2008)par Susanna Gregory (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreThe Mark of a Murderer par Susanna Gregory (2005)
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On St Scholastica's Day in February 1355, Oxford explodes in one of the most serious riots of its turbulent history. Fearing for their lives, the scholars flee the city, and some choose the University at Cambridge as their temporary refuge. However, they don't remain safe for long. Within hours of their arrival, the first of their number dies, followed quickly by a second. When Bartholomew and Brother Michael begin to investigate the deaths, they uncover evidence that the Oxford riot was not a case of random violence, but part of a carefully orchestrated plot. With the Archbishop of Canterbury about to honour Cambridge with a Visitation, and a close colleague accused of a series of murders Bartholomew is certain he didn't commit, the race is on to solve the riddles and bring a ruthless killer to justice. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The tale opens in 1355 during a riot in Oxford that leaves sixty scholars and twice as many townspeople dead. The riot was instigated by a mysterious dark monk.
The devastating events in Oxford are the talk of the town in Cambridge. Everyone is aware of the problems in the other university town and they want to make sure that the same thing doesn't happen in their city.
After the riot, a number of Oxford scholars flee to Cambridge. Along with them go a small group of townsmen in the belief that the murderer of one of their colleagues may well be found in town that rival them for scholastic endeavour.
Brother Michael, Michaelhouse’s leading scholar and the university’s proctor, is furious that anyone else should try to search for the killer and is dismissive of the insistence of these upstarts that Cambridge is harbouring the murderer. He is also annoyed that that his friend Matthew Bartholomew, the Michaelhouse lecturer and physician, seems to be paying an inordinate amount of attention to Matthilde, the head of the local prostitutes’ guild – without any concern for public opinion. Michael has been eating even more than usual, and Matthew is worried about his health.
At the same time, there all the usual inhabitants of these tales are busy. Clippesby, a lecturer who believes animals talk to him, has taken a turn for the worse and appears to be manifesting frightening new symptoms of insanity. Then there is an old feud, plus an old friend now so altered by time and age that Matthew wonders if he was mistaken in his admiration as a youth.
It eventually becomes clear that the riot was not a case of random violence but part of a carefully orchestrated plot . . .
People keep turning up dead and Michael and Matthew are hard-pressed to sort it all out before a planned visitation from the Archbishop of Canterbury. The list of corpses and suspects reaches an almost ridiculous length. In fact, we could almost be in a medieval Midsommer Murders tale.
And that is why I like these books – they are well written, well cast and well researched. They fit like an old pair of shoes – or an episode of Midsommer Murders on a Sunday night. (