Mother Leakey and the Bishop: A Ghost Story

by Peter Marshall

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Halloween 1636: sightings of the ghost of an old woman begin to be reported in the small English coastal town of Minehead, and a royal commission is sent to investigate. December 1640: a disgraced Protestant bishop is hanged in the Irish capital, Dublin, after being convicted of an "unspeakable" crime.

In this remarkable piece of historical detective work, Peter Marshall sets out to uncover the intriguing links between these two seemingly unconnected...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0199532079

ISBN13:9780199532070

Release Date:March 2009

Publisher:OUP Oxford

Length:352 Pages

Weight:0.82 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.0" x 7.6"

Related Subjects

17th Century Folklore & Mythology Genre Fiction Historical Historical Study & Educational Resources History Humanities Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Mythology Mythology & Folk Tales Politics & Social Sciences Social History Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks

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