{"product_id":"holy-ghosts-classic-tales-of-the-ecclesiastical-uncanny","title":"Holy Ghosts : Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBritish Library Tales of the Weird #38.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI confess I have a particular dislike to remain in a church after dusk; it recalls to my mind the most painful story I ever heard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA festering evil lurks in the grotesque carvings of a cathedral's hallowed inner sanctum; sheltering in an Alpine chapel, a young libertine confronts his eerie monastic doppelganger; locked in a Spanish cathedral, a honeymooning couple bears witness to a fatal procession. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChurches and other sacred sites have inspired writers of the weird and uncanny for centuries as spaces in which death and the afterlife are within touching distance - where ghosts, demons and possessed effigies remain to haunt the living. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThrough eleven stories published between 1851 and 1935, this new anthology revives a throng of undying spirits from a host of unsung and classic authors including Elizabeth Gaskell, M.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eR. James, John Wyndham, and Edith Wharton.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fiona Snailham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44059093860609,"sku":"9780712354134","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/SIMPLEWEBSITEPRODUCTIMAGE-2023-10-05T141912.720.png?v=1696512119","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/holy-ghosts-classic-tales-of-the-ecclesiastical-uncanny","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}