The Haunting of Westminster Abbey

In Mark Pattons The Haunting of Westminster Abbey you get a madcap romp through British history metaphysics zoology various London landmarks. And puns. Lots of puns.The Haunting of Westminster Abbey is an original fiction that intelligently combines royal history psychopathology and stories deeply rooted in popular culture.Its a fun wild ghost story that I was sorry to see end. I really enjoyed it quite a lot. 5 out of 5 stars. - Emily amazonAs a neuroscientist I was fascinated by the way the author parts from a serious mental illness and develops an interesting and historically sound theme that not only explains the problem in a whimsical way and posts different ways of containing it (my favorite is Absinthe) but also reaches out to the most defiant questions that we all have. - Clemens BauerAbout the Story: The foundation of Westminster Abbey rests upon what was once an island - an island that was holy to the Celts and the Romans long before the first Christian Church was built upon it in the eighth century. The church is now home to a community of dead monarchs nobles scientists composers soldiers authors poets and politicians buried within the Abbey. And their ghosts are all under the command of Reverend Poda-Pirudi. As if leading the dead isnt challenging enough for the good Reverend he invites a hapless architect Wallace Butterfield to visit him at his office in the Triforium of Westminster Abbey with a promise to pay for some much-needed work. Butterfield who thinks its the offer of a lifetime believes he is finally moving up in the world - even though the meeting is scheduled at Westminsters Triforium in the middle of the night! Unbeknownst to the architect a coven of absinthe-drinking witches conspires to intervene in Butterfields strange meetings with the Reverend. They want what Butterfield has (though Butterfield doesnt know what it is) and they are willing to do anything (kidnapping torture even burning him at the stake) to get it. Set inside Westminster Abbey Englands enduring symbol of unity and crowned culture a community of ghosts whose remains rest inside the iconic building arise at the bidding of a strange cleric.The book is well researched and incorporates many of the legends associated with the abbey.ABOUT THE AUTHOR: At nineteen Mark Patton shipped aboard the Research Vessel Chain as a helmsman for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. By his mid-twenties he was flying out of Otis Air Force Base for the National Marine Fisheries Service on weekly North Atlantic Fisheries patrols. After graduating from Northeastern University he became a roughneck for Delta Drilling in the Texas oil patch. He left Texas to become a police officer and later a head of Natural Resources on Cape Cod. Now retired he devotes his time between the mountains of northern New Hampshire and his home on Cape Cod where with his cellist wife he composes music and pursues his longtime passion for writing.PRAISE: This read is an amazing and fascinating read! - Amazon CustomerThe closest comparison I can think of is The Brentford Trilogy by Robert Rankin although the finale has distinct echoes of Douglas Adams. - jonxboyThe Haunting of Westminster Abbey is an excellent adventure into the bizarre world and mind of the author. Highly Recommended.