Plague on Both Your Houses Unholy Alliance Omnibus

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A Plague On Both Your Houses (The first book in the Matthew Bartholomew series)--> In the tradition of Ellis Peters A Plague on Both Your Houses introduces the physician Matthew Bartholomew whose unorthodox but effective treatment of his patients frequently draws accusations of heresy from his more traditional colleagues. Besides his practice Bartholomew is teacher of Medicine at Michaelhouse part of the fledgling University of Cambridge. In 1348 the inhabitants of Cambridge live under the shadow of a terrible pestilence that has ravaged Europe and is travelling relentlessly eastward towards England. Bartholomew however is distracted by the sudden and inexplicable death of the Master of Michaelhouse - a death the University authorities do not want investigated. When three more scholars die in mysterious circumstances Bartholomew defies the University and begins his own enquiry. His pursuit for the truth leads him into a complex tangle of lies and intrigue that causes him to question the innocence of his closest friends and even his family. And then the Black Death finally arrives and Bartholomew is dragged deeper and deeper into a quagmire which threatens not only his life but the continued existence of the University and the future of the town.--> An Unholy Alliance (The second book in the Matthew Bartholomew series)--> In 1350 the people of Cambridge are struggling to overcome the effects of the Black Death. Bands of outlaws roam the land and the high death rate among priests and monks has left the people vulnerable to sinister cults that have grown up in the wake of the plague. At Michaelhouse Matthew Bartholomew is training new physicians to replace those who died of the pestilence. When the body of a friar is found in the massive chest where the University stores its most precious documents Bartholomew is dragged away from his teaching to investigate. But the friar's is not the only unexplained death in town. Almost by chance Bartholomew stumbles across a derelict church abandoned since its congregation were decimated by the plague. It is now the meeting place for a mysterious sect which holds its followers in terror and which Bartholomew believes to be at the very heart of an astonishing web of blackmail and deceit aimed to overthrow the established religion. --> Genre: Historical Literary Fiction