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The year is 1367, and the Pope and King Edward III of England are in disagreementTo undermine the Pope's position, Edward sends a mission, led by one ... More

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The Franklin's tale opens in 1356, with the victory of the Black Prince. During the fight, a squire lies dying and reveals to his knight, Gilbert ... More

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In Cambridge in 1355, the colleges of the fledgling university are as much at odds with each other as they are with the ordinary townsfolk. This ... More

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It is February 1355, and Oxford has exploded in one of the most serious riots of its turbulent history. Fearing for their lives, the scholars flee ... More

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It is a gloomy November day, and a corpse is just the beginning of the intrigue. Matthew Bartholomew recognizes the deceased as the book-bearer of ... More

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Christmas approaches in 1354 and the town is gripped by the worst blizzards in living memory. The weather has trapped many travellers in the town, ... More

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In the winter of 1353, torrential rains are spreading fever to the poor and making travel especially hazardous along the town's outlaw-infested roads ... More

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Rumors of plague threaten Cambridge again, 10 years after the Black Death almost laid waste to the town. Neither the church nor its priests had ... More

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When a wealthy benefactor is found dead in Michaelhouse, Brother Michael and Matthew Bartholomew must find the culprit before the college is accused ... More

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On a dark, snowy night in 1363, Nicholas Wilton, Master Apothecary, delivers an herbal remedy to the Infirmary at St. Mary's Abbey. When the medicine ... More

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Cambridge University is in dire financial straits--the town's landlords are demanding an extortionate rent rise for the students' hostels and the ... More

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Christmas approaches in 1354 and the town is gripped by the worst blizzards in living memory. The weather has trapped many travellers in the town, ... More

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On a bitter winter evening in 1356, Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael arrive in Lincoln--Bartholomew to look for the woman he wants to marry ... More

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Hoare, the Royal Navy's investigator, employs an odd lot of sailors to help him find the killers of two officers, and the group must come to blows ... More

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In mid-fourteenth century Cambridge, Matthew Bartholomew, physician to Michaelhouse College, is called to the King's Ditch to examine the corpse of a ... More

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History records, after he was deposed and imprisoned, King Edward II was eventually murdered most foully in Berkeley Castle and buried most publicly ... More

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Cambridge, 1392. Matthew Bartholomew, physician to Michaelhouse College is repeatedly called to the King's Ditch to investigate the discoveries of ... More

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Called "Lord of a Thousand Nights, " Ian of Guilford is as famed for his feats in the bedroom as on the battlefield. When lovely young widow Lady ... More

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September, 1340. Grief-stricken by the death of his young wife, lawyer Ralph de Courcy takes a spiritual journey that leads him to St. Francis. Now ... More

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Midsummer's Day, in 1348. On this day of ill omen, plague makes its entrance. Within weeks, swathes of England will be darkened by death's shadow as ... More

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1319: Tavistock's fair has drawn merchants and tradesmen from all over England and beyond. In the middle of the merry-making Will Ruby is shocked to ... More

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