An order for death, Susanna Gregory
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An order for death, Susanna Gregory
Language
eng
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Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
An order for death
Oclc number
965761642
Responsibility statement
Susanna Gregory
Series statement
The seventh chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew
Summary
"In medieval Cambridge, believers in the theory of nominalism have set some colleges at the throats of those who believe them to be heretics, and Brother Michael, the Senior Proctor, has his work cut out to keep the peace. When a nominalist is murdered during a riot, Michael is certain he will easily find the killer amongst the Dominicans, but before he can get any sense out of them his junior proctor, Walcote, is found hanged. Matthew Bartholomew starts to investigate, delving into a case involving nuns and rivalry with Oxford, and finds that the murders are less to do with high-minded principles than they are with baser instincts ..."--Page 4 of cover