Ghosts (Amazing Extraordinary Facts)

Description

"Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: Ghosts" unearths a wealth of fascinating tales about ghosts past and present. Discover trivia about historical ghostly happenings such as the Mary Celeste, as well as hauntings on film sets and the stage. "The Amazing and Extraordinary" facts series presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure. Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects make them the perfect books to dip in to.

Author description

Malcolm Day is a writer and editor, specialising in books about religions, mythology and English social history. He is the author of Voices from the World of Jane Austen, published by David & Charles, and was an editor on the Reader's Digest team that produced the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Britain. He has three children and lives near Dartmoor in Devon.

Table of contents

Contents to include:; Tales and trivia surrounding famous ghosts such as the chilling tale of the Annie Chapman, Jack the Ripper's second victim; Facts about literary ghosts that appear in fiction such as Shakespeare's Hamlet; The haunted halls of the infamous Chelsea Hotel in New York; Fascintaing facts about haunted houses, ships, railways and castles.