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The English Ghost
Peter Ackroyd
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Description for The English Ghost
Paperback. 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. This title presents a treasure trove of such sightings. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099287575
SKU
V9780099287575
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-18
About Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd is an award-winning historian, biographer, novelist, poet and broadcaster. He is the author of the acclaimed non-fiction bestsellers London: The Biography, Thames: Sacred River and London Under; biographies of figures including Charles Dickens, William Blake, Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock; and a multi-volume history of England. He has won the Whitbread Biography Award, the Royal Society ... Read more
Reviews for The English Ghost
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more