Mark Patton
Auteur de The Triforium: The Haunting of Westminster Abbey
A propos de l'auteur
Mark Patton is Dean of the Harrow Business School at the University of Westminster, UK.
Œuvres de Mark Patton
Science, Politics and Business in the Work of Sir John Lubbock: A Man of Universal Mind (Science, Technology and… (2007) 2 exemplaires
Over 140 Things You Need to Know about Your Autologous Bone Marrow or Stem Cell Transplant (2005) 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Patton, Mark Andrew
- Date de naissance
- 1965-01-07
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Jersey, Channel Islands
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
- Études
- University of Cambridge (Clare College)
University of London (University College) - Professions
- archaeologist
academic
novelist
biographer
Membres
Critiques
The Triforium: The Haunting of Westminster Abbey par Mark Patton
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de 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/… (plus d'informations)
For the rest of the review, please see my blog:
https://theidlewoman.net/2016/11/23/an-accidental-king-mark-patton/… (plus d'informations)
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de 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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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 10
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 79
- Popularité
- #226,897
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 22
- ISBN
- 23
