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Mother Leakey and the Bishop :A Ghost Story
Mother Leakey and the Bishop :A Ghost Story
paperback
Published:
9 October, 2008
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780199532070 |
| ISBN10 | 0199532079 |
| Number Of Pages | 352 |
| Item Weight | 368 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 195 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Oxford University Press |
| Format | paperback |
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A valuable contribution to the micro-histories of the early modern world. There is much for general readers to enjoy and scholars to admire...the details is so skilfully handled as to be unerringly involving and illuminating. * Malcolm Gaskell, TLS *
Peter Marshall... is a beautiful writer and his book is a shining example of how narrative history can be used to illustrate a complicated subject such as 17th century religious belief...a remarkable piece of detective work. * John Coulter, Tribune *
Marshall brings a formidable hinterland of learning to these stories, but he wears this lightly... A thought-provoking and enjoyable read. * Jeremy Gregory, Church Times *
More sheer entertainment value than any other history book you'll ever read...If you have the slightest inclination to find history interesting, you really can't help but love Peter Marshall's book. * Lucy Wooding, Literary Review *
Shrewdly calibrated, abundantly entertaining. * Jonathan Keates, Spectator *
Marshall's way with witty modern parallels is just one of the delights of this book. * Jonathan Sale, The Independent *
[A] beautifully intelligent book...It is an ugly story, of course, but Marshall's way of telling it makes it irresistible. * John Carey, Sunday Times (Culture) *
Interesting, absorbing and written in an engaging style. * Fortean Times *
Marshall's splendidly written book is a model of how history should be written and practiced * William Gibson, Archives *
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Author's Bio
Peter Marshall is Professor of History at the University of Warwick, with a particular interest in the study of religious belief and practice in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England and the cultural impact of the English Reformation. He has published widely in the field, including a survey of the period, Reformation England 1480-1642, and The Catholic Priesthood and the English Reformation, also published by Oxford University Press.