Ghosts of War: Restless Spirits of Soldiers, Spies, and Saboteurs - Softcover

Belanger, Jeff

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9781564148896: Ghosts of War: Restless Spirits of Soldiers, Spies, and Saboteurs

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ISBN 10: 1564148890 ISBN 13: 9781564148896

Publisher: Career Press, 2006

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Ghosts of War is where history and mystery meet.

Phantom U.S. Civil War regiments still march through Harpers Ferry, West Virginia before vanishing into the evening sunset.

The beaches of Normandy, France still echo with the cries of the men who gave their lives storming the beaches on D-Day.

The disembodied clip-clop of horse's hooves and the clank of swords from the British Civil War battle of January 25, 1644 are still heard in Nantwich, Cheshire.

Wherever battles were fought and people perished, ghost legends have followed.

Ghosts can be found wherever tragedy left its mark. Where men's and women's lives ended so quickly that their spirits may not even realize that they're dead. Where soldiers, focused on duty, still patrol the front lines of long-finished wars.

The world's battlefields are imprinted with the passions, fears, and horrors of the soldiers who took their enemies? lives and often sacrificed their own. Battlefields are still rife with spirit activity, centuries after the last cannon was fired and the last casualty lost.

Ghosts of War is a history book told through the eyes of witnesses who have experienced the ghosts who still haunt these locations. Featuring nearly two dozen battlefields from around the world and throughout the centuries, each chapter includes first-hand accounts of the battle (where available), important facts and dates, historic and ghostly photos of the site, and first-hand ghost sightings and supernatural experiences that still occur.

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Ghosts of War Filled with modern firsthand ghost accounts, this text travels back in time to put the ghosts in the context of the battles and the wars that changed the world and left ghostly impressions that can still be experienced today. Full description

Synopsis:

Ghosts can be found wherever tragedy left its mark, where men's and women's lives ended so quickly that their spirit may not even realise that they're dead, where soldiers, focused on duty, still patrol the front lines of long-finished wars. The world's battlefields are imprinted with the passion, fear and horror of the soldiers who took lives and sacrificed their own for the cause of others. Battlefields are rife with spirit activity, centuries after the last cannon was fired in the final moments of the battles fought there. Filled with modern first-hand accounts, "Ghosts of War" travels back in time to put the ghosts in the context of the battles and wars that changed the world and left ghostly impressions that are still experienced today. Phantom US Civil War regiments still march through Harpers Ferry, West Virginia before vanishing into the evening sunset. The beaches of Normandy, France still echo with the cries of the men who gave their lives on D-Day storming the beach-head. Nantwich, Cheshire reports the disembodied clip-clop of horses hooves and the clank of swords from the British Civil War battle of January 25th, 1644.

Other British sites where the echoes of battle sound are Edgehill, Helmsley Castle in Yorkshire and Culloden in Scotland. Wherever battles were fought and people perished, ghost legends have followed.

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