Mother Leakey and the bishop : a ghost story /

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In 1636 sightings of the ghost of an old woman are reported in Minehead, and a royal commission is sent to investigate. In 1940 a disgraced Protestant bishop is hanged in Dublin, after being convicted of an 'unspeakable crime'. Marshall sets out to uncover the link between these seemingly...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marshall, Peter, 1964 October 26-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Atherton, John, > 1598-1640.
Atherton, John, > 1598-1640
Legends > England > Minehead > History > Sources.
Ghost stories, English > England > Minehead > History > Sources.
Légendes > Angleterre > Minehead > Histoire > Sources.
Histoires de fantômes anglaises > Angleterre > Minehead > Histoire > Sources.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Ghost stories, English
Legends
Legenden.
England > Minehead
Electronic books.
History
Sources
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • NOTE TO READERS; ABBREVIATIONS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CAST OF CHARACTERS; Prologue: A Haunting in Minehead; 1. The World of the Leakeys; 2. The Leakeys' Other World; 3. The Devil Let Loose off his Chain; 4. The Shameful End of Bishop Atherton; 5. The Penitent Death of a Woeful Sinner; 6. Athenianism; 7. The Narratives of the Reverend John Quick; 8. Atherton and Leakey: History and Folklore; Epilogue: Mother Leakey's Parlour; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES CITED; INDEX.

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