Mother Leakey and the bishop : a ghost story / Peter Marshall Hardcover - 2007

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; (xxvi, 323 pages) : illustrations, map. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-313) and index. Contents; 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. Subjects; Atherton, John 1598-1640. Leakey family. Legends England Minehead History ; Sources. Ghost stories, English England Minehead History ; Sources. SOCIAL SCIENCE Folklore & Mythology. Scandals Ireland History 17th century. Bishops Ireland. Ghosts England Minehead History 17th century. Legends England Minehead History ; Sources. Ghost stories, English England Minehead History ; Sources. Scandals Ireland Dublin History 17th century. Bishops Ireland Dublin History 17th century. Folklore and history. Ghost stories, English England Minehead History and criticism. England Religious life and customs History 17th century. Ireland Religious life and customs History 17th century. England Minehead. Ireland.