Holy Ghosts
Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny
$23.54
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
18 May 2023
Summary
“I confess I have a particular dislike to remain in a church after dusk; it recalls to my mind the most painful story I ever heard.”
A festering evil lurks in the grotesque carvings of a cathedral’s hallowed inner sanctum; sheltering in an Alpine chapel, a young libertine confronts his eerie monastic doppelgänger; locked in a Spanish cathedral, a honeymooning couple bears witness to a fatal procession.
Churches and other sacred sites have inspired writers of the weird and unca…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780712354134 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0712354131 |
| Author: | Fiona Snailham |
| Publisher: | British Library Publishing |
| Imprint: | British Library Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 18 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 214mm x 132mm |
| Series: | British Library Tales of the Weird |
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About The Author
Fiona Snailham
FIONA SNAILHAM is a Lecturer in Gothic Literature at the University of Greenwich. Her research interests include Victorian popular fiction, nineteenth-century women writers and the ghost story. Her current project explores the intersection between Christian theology and Victorian mediumship and spiritualism.
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