Eight Ghosts: The English Heritage Book of New Ghost Stories by Jeanette Winterson,Sarah Perry,Max Porter,Mark Haddon,Andrew

By Jeanette Winterson,Sarah Perry,Max Porter,Mark Haddon,Andrew Michael Hurley,Stuart Evers,Kamila Shamsie,Kate Clanchy

Rooted in position, slipping among worlds - a wealthy selection of unnerving ghosts and sinister histories.

8 authors got after hours freedom at their selected English historical past website. Immersed within the heritage, surroundings and rumours of hauntings, they channelled their darker imaginings right into a sequence of impressive new ghost tales.

Sarah Perry's severe story of ownership on the Jacobean kingdom condominium Audley finish is a piece of mental terror, whereas Andrew Michael Hurley's tale brings an unforgettably surprising slant to the historical past of Carlisle fort. in the partitions of those historical structures every one writer has came across notion to bring a brand new interpretation of the vintage ghost tale.

savor the imagined terrors at those exhilarating destinations:

Kate Clanchy, Housesteads Roman citadel
Stuart Evers, Dover citadel
Mark Haddon, York chilly warfare Bunker
Andrew Michael Hurley, Carlisle fort
Sarah Perry, Audley finish
Max Porter Eltham Palace
Kamila Shamsie, Kenilworth citadel
Jeanette Winterson, Pendennis Castle

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