Haunted England: The Penguin Book of Ghosts
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Haunted England: The Penguin Book of Ghosts

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Watch out for a ghostly ship and its spectral crew off the coast of CornwallListen for the unearthly tread and rustling silk dress of Darlington’s Lady JarrattShiver at the malevolent apparition of 50 Berkeley Square that no-one survives seeing England’s past echoes with stories of unquiet spirits and hauntings, of headless highwaymen and grey ladies, indelible bloodstains and ghastly premonitions. Here, county by county, are the nation’s most fascinating supernatural tales and bone-chilling legends: from a ghostly army marching across Cumbria to the vanishing hitchhiker of Bluebell Hill, from the gruesome Man-Monkey of Shropshire to the phantom congregation who gather for a ‘Sermon of the Dead’ …

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Weight 0.335 kg
Dimensions 2 × 13 × 19.8 cm
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Paperback
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Pages

480
Publisher

Year Published

2010-5-6
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Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0141039744
About The Author

Jennifer Westwood's books include Albion: A Guide to Legendary Britain (1985), Gothick Cornwall (1992), Lost Atlantis (1997) and On Pilgrimage (2003). Dr Jacqueline Simpson's books include Icelandic Folktales and Legends (1971, 2004), The Folklore of the Welsh Border (1976, 2004), British Dragons (1980, 2000), and, with Steve Roud, A Dictionary of English Folklore (2000).

Wonderfully chilling
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An enjoyable amble across Britain's phantasmagorical map and a guide to a quirky part of our cultural heritage

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