Mother Leakey and the Bishop: A Ghost Story
"This is an extraordinary book.... Marshall's splendidly readable book is a model of how history should be written and practiced."--William Gibson,Archives"This is as fine an example of microhistory as is likely to be written. Marshall not only demonstrates convincingly the link between the stories of Mother Leakey and Bishop John Atherton, not only expertly and painstakingly unravels the strange world in which they occurred, but does so in a highly readable and often entertaining fashion.... Marshall expertly weaves disparate pieces into a compelling whole, and finds links which were by no means obvious.... He displays a lovely style.... But good as Marshall is at the genre, he goes beyond where most of its practitioners dare tread."--Craig Harline,Church History and Religious Culture