Reviews for Haunted Greece and Rome

The average rating for Haunted Greece and Rome based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-09-16 00:00:00 Losson Leonard This was an intriguing and well-organized book, surprisingly succinct and very informative on the subject of Greek and Roman antecedents for many well-known and (now) venerable Western European and American ghost story themes and motifs. I was interested to find how many famous tropes in this genre are almost certainly directly derived from ancient Greek and Latin sources, many of which were probably known to and disseminated by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, as well as later post-Enlightenment novelists, including Dickens and Wilde (who was a gifted Classics scholar long before he wrote fiction). All in all, a relatively quick and easy read, covering some very entertaining and spooky material, all based on sound and extremely well-presented research. All presented in clear, brisk and decidedly un-stuffy language, a real find!

Review # 2 was written on 2017-10-09 00:00:00 Doug Knox A delight to read, and tremendously well-researched. Felton writes with both rich detail rewarding to the Classicist and skillful storytelling incredibly entertaining to the more casual reader. What a gift of a book.