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A Bone of Contention

Published
Oct 1997
Main Genre
Historical Mystery Hist. Mystery
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506

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For the twentieth anniversary of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere reissued the books with beautiful new illustrated covers.

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Cambridge in 1352 is rife with terrible clashes between the fledgling University and the townspeople. Matthew Bartholomew, physician and teacher at Michaelhouse college, is trying to keep the peace when a student is murdered and the town plunges into chaos.

At the same time a skeleton is discovered that is rumoured to belong to a local martyr, and Bartholomew has his hands full investigating both deaths while the rioting intensifies...

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Aug 2001 St. Martin's ISBN 0312299915
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May 1998 Sphere (UK) ISBN 0751520225
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Nov 2016 Little, Brown (UK) ISBN 075156804X
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First Edition Oct 1997 Minotaur Books ISBN 031216792X
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Jan 1997 Little, Brown ISBN 0316882801
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Dec 2010 Sphere (UK) ISBN B004BDOJLI
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Dec 2010 Little, Brown ISBN 074812439X
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Mar 2017 Hachette Audio UK ISBN B06X9XC8JL
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