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Prospero's Mirror

di A N Donaldson

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Oxford, 1935 M. R. James, Britain's greatest writer of ghost stories, is summoned by the Warden of Old College to investigate the inscription on an ancient stone mirror. But he finds himself drawn into a dark maze of secrets, including one from his own guilty past. Oxford, 1665 At a time when established orthodoxies are being challenged by the new science, Warden Woodward of Old College has acquired the same mirror. He soon suspects conspiracy and witchcraft in a city besieged by plague. Assailed by devastating visions, caught between fears of an ancient curse and the World Wars of the future, two men from different centuries delve into a forgotten mystery and are forced to confront their own demons. But is self-reflection the most dangerous thing of all? And are there some words that can kill? "What is read cannot be unread..." Stella Rimington said: "Necromancy, witchcraft and gruesome goings on among the dreaming spires. This historically based, well researched and beautifully written blood chiller will have you looking over your shoulder for nameless horrors. Beware of the ending, particularly if you suffer from bad dreams." Frances Cairncross said: "Alasdair Donaldson has written a splendidly spooky first novel, vividly combining the horrors of plague-ridden 17th century Oxford with mysterious goings on in the wintry city in the interwar years. His creepy description of the deserted cloister and turrets of 'Old College' over Christmas is guaranteed to ensure that no undergraduate stays behind in Oxford over the holidays."… (altro)
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Oxford, 1935
M. R. James, Britain's greatest writer of ghost stories, is summoned by the Warden of Old College to investigate the inscription on an ancient stone mirror. But he finds himself drawn into a dark maze of secrets, including one from his own guilty past.

Oxford, 1665

At a time when established orthodoxies are being challenged by the new science, Warden Woodward of Old College has acquired the same mirror. He soon suspects conspiracy and witchcraft in a city besieged by plague.

Assailed by devastating visions, caught between fears of an ancient curse and the World Wars of the future, two men from different centuries delve into a forgotten mystery and are forced to confront their own demons. But is self-reflection the most dangerous thing of all? And are there some words that can kill?

"What is read cannot be unread...


Love this description “If Umberto Eco and H.P. Lovecraft had a torrid affair, the love-child would probably end up looking a little like this book.”

This is rather discomforting little book evoking the Golden Age of the ghost story in all its glory and featuring a master in the genre M.R.James.

Beautifully written, this is almost a homage; authentic in style and language with a gripping page turning dual plot line. It delivers a truly creepy, chilling reading experience that will leave you feeling very uneasy as you close it after having read the final page… I wouldn't leave it on your bedside table if you want to sleep well
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  jan.fleming | Feb 9, 2015 |
I really wanted to like this book, a mystery featuring the great M.R. James as narrator and including some very Jamesian elements to boot. But I didn't end up finding it all that compelling, I'm sorry to say. Donaldson spreads it on a bit thick with the various and frequent allusions to James' own stories, and plays up various elements of Jamesian biography that I don't happen to find all that interesting.

There are, to be sure, some good creepy moments in the story, and Donaldson attempts to follow at least some of James' general principles for writing ghostly tales. But overall the book just didn't really do it for me. I'll go back to reading James himself, I think. ( )
  JBD1 | Aug 27, 2013 |
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Oxford, 1935 M. R. James, Britain's greatest writer of ghost stories, is summoned by the Warden of Old College to investigate the inscription on an ancient stone mirror. But he finds himself drawn into a dark maze of secrets, including one from his own guilty past. Oxford, 1665 At a time when established orthodoxies are being challenged by the new science, Warden Woodward of Old College has acquired the same mirror. He soon suspects conspiracy and witchcraft in a city besieged by plague. Assailed by devastating visions, caught between fears of an ancient curse and the World Wars of the future, two men from different centuries delve into a forgotten mystery and are forced to confront their own demons. But is self-reflection the most dangerous thing of all? And are there some words that can kill? "What is read cannot be unread..." Stella Rimington said: "Necromancy, witchcraft and gruesome goings on among the dreaming spires. This historically based, well researched and beautifully written blood chiller will have you looking over your shoulder for nameless horrors. Beware of the ending, particularly if you suffer from bad dreams." Frances Cairncross said: "Alasdair Donaldson has written a splendidly spooky first novel, vividly combining the horrors of plague-ridden 17th century Oxford with mysterious goings on in the wintry city in the interwar years. His creepy description of the deserted cloister and turrets of 'Old College' over Christmas is guaranteed to ensure that no undergraduate stays behind in Oxford over the holidays."

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