The Journal of a Ghost Hunter: In Search of the Undead from Ireland to Transylvania [Hardcover]

Simon Marsden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 1994

During the course of a year-long journey from Britain through Europe to Transylvania, the author sought out and photographed a host of locations with ghostly associations. This book retells the supernatural legends of each region including tales of ghosts, ghouls and vampires.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (October 20, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316909890
• ISBN-13: 978-0316909891
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,295,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really quite good., June 7, 2001

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"moosifier" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Journal of a Ghosthunter: In Search of the Dead from Ireland to Transylvania (Hardcover)

It is not necessary to write much about this because there is a danger I may write more than all the text in the book. Simon Marsden has put together a photographer's exhibition of a book and added small amounts of text that deal with the ghostly histories of some European countries. The photographs are magnificent and the stories related to them add brilliantly to the effect. The book is an atmospheric journey through a lens, a little voice talking to you as you go. I would have given it the whole 5 stars but for the fact that Marsden tells on many occassions that he felt "an evil in the room and had to get out" but he does not explain that he is a medium or that the room was overpoweringly creepy. His writing at such times is a bit convenient and thus annoying. But don't let that stop you, this is a good addition to any ghostly collection

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars my favorite book!, January 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Journal of a Ghosthunter: In Search of the Dead from Ireland to Transylvania (Hardcover)

this book is amazing! unbelivable stories, gothic pictures, all around the best book i have ever read! the title says it all, journal of a ghost hunter. great read for anyone who's into paranormal investigation or just likes a good bedtime story that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand.

5.0 out of 5 stars A few things you should know about 'Journal of a Ghosthunter', February 16, 2010

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Edward Waverley - See all my reviews

This review is from: Journal of a Ghosthunter Pb (Paperback)

'Journal of a Ghosthunter' is surely one of the most beautiful photographic works ever published. Marsden expresses disdain for the materialist worldview in his introduction, announcing that his aim is to capture the spiritual in photographs. He writes: "The witches of old would sleep alone and naked in the depths of the dark forest, in the belief that by enduring this trial of fear, they would gain great power over other mere mortals." Marsden aims to replicate this stripping away of mundane reality in his photographic work, and succeeds uncannily.

The book is divided geographically into five sections, and each begins with suitable words by a poet from that particular land (e.g. Yeats for Ireland, Goethe for Germany...although Romania is represented by a quote from Bram Stoker's 'Dracula').

Marsden writes with poetic insight about each place he visits, and his writing and photography complement one another perfectly. From the Burren to the Pyrénées, from Versailles to Transylvania, Marsden takes us on a pilgrimage through the haunted soul of Europe.