Mark Patton
Autore di The Triforium: The Haunting of Westminster Abbey
Sull'Autore
Mark Patton is Dean of the Harrow Business School at the University of Westminster, UK.
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Patton, Mark Andrew
- Data di nascita
- 1965-01-07
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Jersey, Channel Islands
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
- Istruzione
- University of Cambridge (Clare College)
University of London (University College) - Attività lavorative
- archaeologist
academic
novelist
biographer
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The Triforium: The Haunting of Westminster Abbey di Mark Patton
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.I liked this book because it pretty much went nowhere. It was fun, ghost-ridden, and historically fascinating, but did nothing for me except entertain.
In 79 AD, an old man looks back over his life and prepares to write his memoirs for his granddaughter. He is Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, born and bred in the British southlands of the Regenses. Trained as a priest, he was then crowned an unwilling king, first of his own tribe and then as Great King of all the Britons, with the weight of the emperor’s authority behind him. As he remembers his experiences across three decades – from a visit to Rome with the then-general Vespasian, to the horror and fire of Boudica’s revolt – Cogidubnus meditates on the tightrope he has had to walk throughout his life: defending his people, while remaining loyal to a vast and unpredictable foreign power...
For the rest of the review, please see my blog:
https://theidlewoman.net/2016/11/23/an-accidental-king-mark-patton/… (altro)
For the rest of the review, please see my blog:
https://theidlewoman.net/2016/11/23/an-accidental-king-mark-patton/… (altro)
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.An interesting premise and one that appealed to me, the story follows an architect in his dealings with the ghosts of Westminster Abbey and a group of WITCHes. I'm sad to say I didn't make it through the book as I unfortunately didn't find the story captivating and I struggled to get through what I did read.
I was excited to read this book and I really wanted to like it, but I was very disappointed. Yes, it was lots of fun --Westminster Abbey, ghosts, witches, some wicked good one-liners - but the plot was just too convoluted and vague in some places. Unfortunately, it was only the historical details and descriptions that kept me reading; Patton has clearly done his research..
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- Opere
- 10
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 79
- Popolarità
- #226,897
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 22
- ISBN
- 23
