{"product_id":"mother-leakey-and-the-bishop-peter-marshall-9780199532070","title":"Mother Leakey and the Bishop: A Ghost Story","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this remarkable piece of historical detective work, Peter Marshall sets out to uncover the intriguing links between these two seemingly unconnected events. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is a compelling tale of dark family secrets, of efforts to suppress them, and of the ways in which they finally come to light. It is also the story of a shocking seventeenth-century Church scandal which cast its shadow over religion and politics in Britain and Ireland for the best part of three centuries, drawing in a host of well known and not-so-well-known characters along the way, including Jonathan Swift, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Walter Scott. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fascinating story in its own right, Mother Leakey and the Bishop is also a sparkling demonstration of how the telling of stories is central to the way we remember the past, and can become part of the fabric of history itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Marshall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199532079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199532070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Peter Marshall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44919633379583,"sku":"9780199532070","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d6ed6dd-1697-495b-b5ae-8ed38f3e5f02.jpg?v=1710359049","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mother-leakey-and-the-bishop-peter-marshall-9780199532070","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}