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Ghostwalk (Hardcover)

by Rebecca Stott (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; First Edition edition (8 Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0297851365
  • ISBN-13: 978-0297851363
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 305,516 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW
'I found it deliciously slow, gradually racheting up the tension to final violent denouement.'

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'An amazing work - a highly intelligent thriller that combines the supernatural with modern quantam theory; the current war on terror with Isaac Newton's work on light and gravity, and his delving into alchemy in the seventeenth century. At once mind-boggling and mind-expanding.' Nicholas Mosley, author of Hopeful Monsters and Time at War (Nicholas Mosley )

'A beautifully written book, mixing a compelling contemporary love story and a fascinating historical investigation, with Isaac Newton and alchemy playing a crucial role. The mystery at the novel's centre is audacious, convincing, and will make readers think anew about what history is.' (Iain Pears, author of An Instance at the Fingerpost )

'This daring mystery tangles occult and scientific knowledge with obsessive love and hidden world events. It is wonderfully down to earth, and genuinely eerie. Once in, you are not likely to leave off reading until after the very last twist.' (Dr Gillian Beer )

'If you like supernatural romantic fiction you'll love GHOSTWALK...[a] complex thriller.' (SAGA (April '07) )

'Most impressive' (Peter Guttridge The Observer (15.4.07) )

'Stott's prose has...poetic brilliance...Ghostwalk is a pacy...thriller with some creepy moments.' (Victoria Brookes THE HERALD (24.3.07) )

"Stott makes fine use of historical material" (Anthony Gardner MAIL ON SUNDAY )

'An eerily compelling read' (Claire Figuero TIME OUT )

'a ghost story, a love story and a beautifully told history of [Cambridge], as well as a 400-year-old mystery in which Sir Isaac Newton is a suspect' (Janina Pogorzelski THE LADY )

'I found it deliciously slow, gradually racheting up the tension to final violent denouement.' (HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW )

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars history never ends, 5 April 2007
By Mrs. S. Muller - See all my reviews
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I thoroughly enjoyed Ghostwalk, and for the first time I didn't hesitate to finish a book. Normally I linger on and find excuses not to end books, as it feels like closing a door on a newly found friend or departing from a place just when I start to know my way around.
With Ghostwalk it feels like the novel never ended.
Living in Cambridge and cycling daily past these ancient buildings and around the streets and commons, I find that Rebecca Stott's novel continues to linger in my imagination.
In the same way that history never ends and we will only know a truth of the events in the news today, when our children's children are reading about them in the history books, the novel gives you a possible end, but leaves history to print its own accounts.
Ghostwalk is a very clever novel that takes the modern sense of conspiracies, weaves historical events, scientific knowledge and the presence of the past into a compelling story. What could be an awfully complicated and intellectual read is a wonderful journey into our possible entanglement with another dimension.


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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Science, love, history and ghosts, 12 Feb 2008
By JB Angel (London, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ghostwalk (Paperback)
I picked this up in the bookshop, having not heard of it or the author. And I loved it. The first chapter is one of the most gripping first chapters I have read and the author did well to hold my concentration for the entire book.

It is not a simple read, but the language is wonderful and the topic fascinating - basically it is about a current day love story and Newton's fascinating with alchemy. Set in Cambridge it is evocative of the city and even though I have not visited the city for many years I could imagine myself back there.

This is one of those books that captures the imagination and asks many questions. If you liked The Conjuror's Bird and The Time Traveller's Wife then you will like this too.
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It delivers., 1 April 2007
By Laura Dietz - See all my reviews
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An intensely satisfying read - you wait a long time for a novel with the plot and the prose and the ideas at the same time. It feels like '50% extra FREE' whether you approach it as a literary novel or a mystery.

The task is huge. A murder mystery and love story unfold in tandem, shot through with meditations the nature of scientific inquiry, tangled with superstition in Newton's day and big business in ours. Alchemy, glassmaking and quantum physics sit alongside supernatural elements. With so many balls in the air I was ready to forgive a shaky resolution, but found instead a complete and surprising denouement.

What makes it work is authority. The voice has the conviction to sell an audacious plot, but also the brio of a writer carving out a new space. It has crime novel tension but skips most genre conventions - readers expecting the formulaic, or suspicious of elegant prose, will leave frustrated. Those up for something different will find a slightly decadent and thoroughly original treat.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Breaks New Ground
This book breaks new ground in the development of novels. It has elements of historical research, a thriller, a love story, a whodunit, a science fiction and a ghost story, but it... Read more
Published 9 months ago by I. C. Mckay

2.0 out of 5 stars Unfulfilled potential
The blurb of this novel makes it sound fascinating but I'm afraid that like some other reviewers here, having had my appetite well whetted I was left ultimately frustrated and... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Roman Clodia

4.0 out of 5 stars Liked it but not the very best.
It is well written and I liked reading about Newton. The book used the 21st century to reveal things about the 17th and 18th century. Read more
Published 9 months ago by S

3.0 out of 5 stars What a disappointment
Having read the first couple of reviews when this came up on my recommendations I was looking forward to this book with almost mouthwatering anticipation. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Lady K

2.0 out of 5 stars Things that go clunk in the night
There is good material here - clearly well-researched - but the method of using it is flat, wooden, and at times plain risible. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Keith D. Gumery

4.0 out of 5 stars Do you believe what you see?
This is about Lydia Brooke who is asked to ghost write the last chapters of her ex lover, Cameron's deceased mother, Elizabeth's book about Newton. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Joanne D'Arcy

4.0 out of 5 stars definately worth reading
I really enjoyed this book, not just because I had to read it as part of my English Lit university course. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Pretty Soldier Rhizz

5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling Reading
If you don't believe in ghosts, you could be swayed to by this novel. This is a triangulated exciting story, and Cambridge will never feel quite the same again. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Well Read

3.0 out of 5 stars Good not great
This has all the hallmarks of a great read for me - the mystery, the historical background, the intertwining of past and present, the scientific background and a different... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Blencathra

2.0 out of 5 stars More miss than hit
One reviewer described this novel as feeling as though the novel never ended. I would agree with them, but for the wrong reasons. Read more
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