Автор:Cherri Dohlen Год: 2005 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 220 ISBN: 9781554102600 In Norway, a country of pragmatic denizens, it was trolls in previous centuries that sent shivers racing up and down splendid Nordic spines. Happily, capricious trolls have jumped from the pages of folk tales onto the stage, been cast in musical reviews, and finally come to rest in souvenir shops where they feel quite at home. This means that ghosts and apparitions have finally come into their own. And in this ancient land, with its wild, Viking past, there are ghosts aplenty. According to Sherlock Holmes's creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ghosts have an existing range of up to 250 years. Although no one can deny or confirm his hypothesis, this gives us generous time to enjoy the ghostly sounds of nonexistent church bells off the west coast of Norway, and the headless monk wandering among monastery ruins. We can relate to the Bishop's wife who fainted when only she saw the Monk of Nidaros Cathedral with blood dripping from a hole in his throat. We can wander through magnificent...