The English Ghost: Spectres Through Time - Softcover

Ackroyd, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099287579 ISBN 13: 9780099287575

Publisher: Vintage, 2011

Synopsis

The English see more ghosts than any other nation. From medieval times to the present day, stories have been told about ghosts who avenge injustice, souls who long for peace and spooks who just want to have fun.

The English Ghost is a treasure trove of such sightings; comical and scary, like all the best ghost stories, these accounts, packed with eerie detail, range from the moaning child that terrified Wordworth's nephew at Cambridge to modern day hitchhikers on Blue Bell Hill.

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Review:

"Ackroyd's book has its fair share of terrified hauntees and, unless you're a sceptic, there are plenty of scenes that will make the hairs on the back of your neck bristle" (Simon Griffith Mail on Sunday)

"A rich and compelling assembly of stories for winter nights" (New Statesman)

"This is a wonderful little book. It's properly old-fashioned and unorthodox, a scrapbook of clues, tittle-tattle, hints and mortal byways" (Roger Clarke Independent)

"Ackroyd's collection glides seamlessly from terror to humour to downright peculiarity: it is the ideal read as the nights darken and Halloween approaches" (Tina Jackson Metro)

"A fascinating anthology of sightings of ghosts in England over the centuries" (Andrew Lycett Literary Review)

Book Description:

An enormously enjoyable spooky collection of ghost-sightings over the centuries, full of the spirit of place, in true Ackroyd style.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0099287579
• ISBN 13: 9780099287575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288