The walls of Clifford's Tower bleed. Thomas, Earl of Lancaster stalks Dunstanburgh Castle carrying the mangled head which Edward II's bungling executioner took eleven strokes to sever. The Rollright Stones possess a strange force that can fling you to the ground and confuse the mind. The brooding towers of Reculver echo with the cries of a baby sacrificed by the Romans. Whether you are a believer in ghosts or not a visit to an historic site is bound to be enhanced by the stories that cling to it. And this journey through England focuses on the 'other side' of the picture. Guidebooks will tell you about the architecture, the history, the people who lived and worked and died in these historic places. But here you will find the legends and the mysteries, the tales of the unexplained, the shivery unknown, and the fascinating stories that bring the place to life and clothe the ruins. The stories are a journey, starting at Tintagel on the north Cornish coast, and ending in the far north-east, at Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island. They are a journey in time too, from the unknowable mysteriousness of the prehistoric through to the ghosts of the Second World War. All kinds of sites are here, including Neolithic tombs, Roman forts, Norman castles, medieval abbeys, Tudor mansions and World War II airfields. Draw back the veil and meet the ghosts of England's haunted heritage. Simon Marsden is an internationally acclaimed photographer specialising in the fantastic and supernatural. He has written several books including The Twilight Hour; The Haunted Realm and Journal of a Ghosthunter.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Atmospheric and eerie,
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A large "coffee-table" book, which is actually where I first saw it. All the photos are blurry and misty-looking which palls as one goes through the book; it becomes boring. The content is interesting but not too informative about the site itself. Maps or other means of locating the chosen sites would be welcome. It's a novelty book but I wouldn't buy more of this man's work if it's all like this. Very "commercial", not very substantive.
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Recommended for art lovers, photography buffs, travelers, Anglophiles, architecture lovers, and occultists. Tales of haunted places accompanied by gorgeous,almost disturbing, photos. If you're like me and love gargoyles, Green Man, or other carved faces you'll like this book.
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Photos add a spooky edge to ghost stories,
This review is from: This Spectred Isle: A Journey Through Haunted England (Paperback)
If you love reading true ghost stories, you will love this book because it not only tells of spooky legends
in all the famous and not so famous sites around England, it also adds a photo of each site to go along with it. The pictures are purposefully made to look grainy and eerie but that's okay, because if you read these stories alone on a stormy night, it will only add to the creepiness. The author's prose makes him sound like he's telling you the stories while huddled around a fireplace in a cold, dank castle on a dark winter night. Most of these stories will make you shiver. I never knew how bloody and violent England's past actually was. I would list the best stories in the book, but I couldn't choose. They're all scary. A must for all true ghost story lovers!
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