Scottish Ghost Stories
$33.63
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
4 April 1996
Summary
With its rich folklore and diverse cultural and religious heritage, Scotland has been a notoriously fertile haunting ground for the recording and transmission of ghost stories down the centuries, those of both well-documented lineage and accumulated legend.
Inheriting the tradition of Hugh Miller, the nineteenth century folklorist and stonemason (whose own haunted life is the subject of the opening chapter), James Robertson has, where possible, researched the original or oldest writte…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751513936 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0751513938 |
| Author: | James Robertson |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 4 April 1996 |
| Weight: | 194g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
James Robertson has researched these lively old bones back to the graves from which they first arose… there is much instruction and entertainment to be exhumed from this guide to our other national spirits. - GLASGOW HERALD
A splendid selection of supernatural sightings, past and present- these tales are intriguing reflections of the era in which they belong. - SCOTS MAGAZINEAbout The Author
James Robertson
James Robertson is the author of the novel The Fanatic, as well as two collections of short stories, Close and The Ragged Man’s Complaint, several collections of poetry, and a book of Scottish ghost stories. He lives in Fife.
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