The Anatomy of Ghosts
Andrew Taylor
1786, Jerusalem College, Cambridge: they say Jerusalem is haunted by
Mrs. Whichcote's ghost. Frank Oldershaw claims he saw her in the garden,
where she drowned. Now he's under the care of a physician. Desperate to
salvage her son's reputation and restore him to health, Lady Anne
Oldershaw employs John Holdsworth, author of The Anatomy of Ghosts,
an attack on the existence of ghostly phenomena. But his powers of
reason have other challenges. Dreams of his dead wife and Elinor, the
Master's wife, haunt him. At the heart of it all is the mystery of what
happened to Sylvia Whichcote in the claustrophobic confines of
Jerusalem.
1786, Jerusalem College, Cambridge
The ghost of Sylvia Whichcote is rumored to be haunting Jerusalem ever since student Frank Oldershaw claimed to have seen the dead woman prowling the grounds and was locked up because of his violent reaction to these disturbed visions.
Desperate to salvage her son's reputation, Lady Anne Oldershaw employs John Holdsworth, author of The Anatomy of Ghosts--a stinging account of why ghosts are mere delusion--to investigate. But his arrival in Cambridge disrupts an uneasy status quo as he glimpses a world of privilege and abuse, where the sinister Holy Ghost Club governs life at Jerusalem more effectively than the Master, Dr. Carbury, ever could.
And when Holdsworth finds himself haunted--not only by the ghost of his dead wife, Maria, but also by Elinor, the very-much-alive Master's wife--his fate is sealed. He must find Sylvia's murderer, or else the hauntings will continue. And not one of this troubled group will leave the claustrophobic confines of Jerusalem unchanged.
Mrs. Whichcote's ghost. Frank Oldershaw claims he saw her in the garden,
where she drowned. Now he's under the care of a physician. Desperate to
salvage her son's reputation and restore him to health, Lady Anne
Oldershaw employs John Holdsworth, author of The Anatomy of Ghosts,
an attack on the existence of ghostly phenomena. But his powers of
reason have other challenges. Dreams of his dead wife and Elinor, the
Master's wife, haunt him. At the heart of it all is the mystery of what
happened to Sylvia Whichcote in the claustrophobic confines of
Jerusalem.
1786, Jerusalem College, Cambridge
The ghost of Sylvia Whichcote is rumored to be haunting Jerusalem ever since student Frank Oldershaw claimed to have seen the dead woman prowling the grounds and was locked up because of his violent reaction to these disturbed visions.
Desperate to salvage her son's reputation, Lady Anne Oldershaw employs John Holdsworth, author of The Anatomy of Ghosts--a stinging account of why ghosts are mere delusion--to investigate. But his arrival in Cambridge disrupts an uneasy status quo as he glimpses a world of privilege and abuse, where the sinister Holy Ghost Club governs life at Jerusalem more effectively than the Master, Dr. Carbury, ever could.
And when Holdsworth finds himself haunted--not only by the ghost of his dead wife, Maria, but also by Elinor, the very-much-alive Master's wife--his fate is sealed. He must find Sylvia's murderer, or else the hauntings will continue. And not one of this troubled group will leave the claustrophobic confines of Jerusalem unchanged.
Año:
2010
Editorial:
ePenguin
Idioma:
english
ISBN 10:
0141943971
ISBN 13:
9780141943978
Archivo:
EPUB, 395 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2010