Morris Bishop (1893–1973)
Författare till The Middle Ages
Om författaren
Morris Bishop (1893-1973) was educated & taught for many years at Cornell University. One of the worlds most lucid & knowledgeable commentators on the Middle Ages, he was also a biographer, a translator, & a masterly writer of light verse. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Verk av Morris Bishop
The Exotics: Being A Collection Of Unique Personalities And Remarkable Characters (1969) 13 exemplar
A gallery of eccentrics; or, A set of twelve originals & extravagants from Elagabalus,: The waggish emperor to Mr.… (1928) 10 exemplar
Paramount Poems 2 exemplar
"Four Indian Kings in London," 1 exemplar
Spilt milk 1 exemplar
Pascal; the life of genius 1 exemplar
We Have Been Here Before (Manuscript) 1 exemplar
Saint Francis of Assisi 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
The Tavern Lamps Are Burning: Literary Journeys through Six Regions and Four Centuries of New York State (1964) — Bidragsgivare — 19 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Bishop, Morris Gilbert
- Födelsedag
- 1893-04-15
- Avled
- 1973-11-20
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- New York, New York, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Ithaca, New York, USA
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Yonkers, New York, USA - Utbildning
- Cornell University (BA)
Cornell University (MA) - Yrken
- scholar
historian
biographer
essayist
translator
anthologist - Organisationer
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1973)
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Recensioner
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Statistik
- Verk
- 33
- Även av
- 15
- Medlemmar
- 1,396
- Popularitet
- #18,409
- Betyg
- 3.7
- Recensioner
- 20
- ISBN
- 51
- Språk
- 3
The mystery itself is interesting - two murders and the disappearance of a very rare, very valuable book - but it does move at a slow pace. However, the wonderfully eccentric cast of characters keep this story from losing traction. The main protagonist , Gilda, chief cataloguer and amateur sleuth, especially, makes for a strong woman in what, I suspect would have been a bastion of maleness at the time. The solution itself was a bit dated but, in fairness, likely reflected contemporaneous ideas. Then again many of those beliefs seem to be coming back again so maybe not so dated. Overall, I quite enjoyed this book.
This is the only mystery Bishop wrote and that's a shame because it really deserves a sequel or two. I listened to the audiobook version narrated by Todd Menesses who does a terrific job of bringing the characters to life.
I received an audiobook of this novel from Netgalley and Highbridge Audio in exchange for an honest review… (mer)