Haunted England: The Penguin Book of Ghosts

Name: Haunted England: The Penguin Book of Ghosts
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
SKU: 9780141039749
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By (author): Jennifer Beatrice Westwood Jennifer Westwood

Watch out for a ghostly ship and its spectral crew off the coast of Cornwall

Listen for the unearthly tread and rustling silk dress of Darlington's Lady Jarratt

Shiver 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: 335g
Dimensions: 130 x 198mm
Publication Date: 06 May 2010
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780141039749

About Jennifer Beatrice WestwoodJennifer Westwood

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).