Haunted England by 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' ...
Wonderfully chilling * The Times *
An enjoyable amble across Britain's phantasmagorical map and a guide to a quirky part of our cultural heritage * Financial Times *
It is the rich variety of ghosts that is really striking * Mail on Sunday *
An enjoyable amble across Britain's phantasmagorical map and a guide to a quirky part of our cultural heritage * Financial Times *
It is the rich variety of ghosts that is really striking * Mail on Sunday *
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).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141039749 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141039744 |
| Title | Haunted England |
| Author | Jennifer Westwood |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-05-06 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
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