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A Natural History of Ghosts: 500 Years of Hunting for Proof
Roger Clarke
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Description for A Natural History of Ghosts: 500 Years of Hunting for Proof
Paperback. What explains spectral sightings? Why do we fear the supernatural? What proof is there? This book takes us on a journey of belief with ghosts of every kind. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 integrated b/w. BIC Classification: VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
The fascinating true history of ghosts - how we see them and why we believe in them, from Roger Clarke
What explains spectral sightings? Why do we fear the supernatural? What proof is there? Growing up in a haunted house, Roger Clarke spent much of his childhood trying to see a ghost. From the terrifying true events behind Henry James's The Turn of the Screw to the frenzy of the Cock Lane poltergeist, he takes us on a journey of belief with ghosts of every kind.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141048086
SKU
V9780141048086
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About Roger Clarke
Raised in a haunted house, Roger Clarke is best known as a film-writer for the Independent newspaper and more recently Sight & Sound. He was the youngest person ever to join the Society for Psychical Research in the 1980s and was getting his ghost stories published by the The Pan & Fontana series of horror books aged only 15, when ... Read more
Reviews for A Natural History of Ghosts: 500 Years of Hunting for Proof
Beautifully written ... lithe, complicated and hugely rewarding
James McConnachie
Sunday Times
Simmering as it is with personal reflections, this handsome volume ... is bursting with a giddy passion, buoyed further by an expert's thirst for abstruse facts. The main pleasure of reading this book is Clarke's own enthusiasm, intelligence and seriousness ... a deeply interesting, revealing ... Read more
James McConnachie
Sunday Times
Simmering as it is with personal reflections, this handsome volume ... is bursting with a giddy passion, buoyed further by an expert's thirst for abstruse facts. The main pleasure of reading this book is Clarke's own enthusiasm, intelligence and seriousness ... a deeply interesting, revealing ... Read more