Ten Cathedral Ghosts

by Nicholas Orme

Paperback

About the author

A specialist in the Middle Ages and Tudor period, Nicholas Orme is an Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, and has worked as a visiting scholar at, among others, Merton College, Oxford, St John's College, Oxford, and the University of Arizona.

Reviews

[Ailsa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was such a charming book. The focus is naturally on the ghost stories, but I really enjoyed how the author brought some of the side characters to life as well, with cheer and grace and many sly comments. It was a really nice insight into the life around a modern cathedral from the point of view of looking for ghosts, with the effect that it intersected so many areas of cathedral life - the cafe, veteran choirboys coming back for nostalgia, know-it-all tourists. The ghost stories themselves were fun as well, with just the right amount of plausible deniability that makes you go... maybe...

It's not a horror book by any means. It's a story about ghosts and what they mean to us. Rather than how they're scary, it's about how their stories interact with our lives, whether we believe in them or not. A lovely read!