Author: Charles Caleb Colton
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Sampford ghost, an appendix to a plain and authentic narrative
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Bibliotheca Devoniensis
Author: James Davidson
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Category : Devon
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Devon
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Ghosts: A Social History, vol 2
Author: Owen Davies
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040243134
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Reveals changing perceptions of ghosts at different social levels from the Reformation through to the twentieth century in Britain and America. This five-volume set focuses on the key published debates that emerged in each century, and illustrates the range of literary formats that reported or discussed ghosts.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040243134
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Reveals changing perceptions of ghosts at different social levels from the Reformation through to the twentieth century in Britain and America. This five-volume set focuses on the key published debates that emerged in each century, and illustrates the range of literary formats that reported or discussed ghosts.
Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research
Author: Society for Psychical Research (Great Britain)
Publisher:
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Category : Parapsychology
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
List of members in v.1-19, 21, 24-
Publisher:
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Category : Parapsychology
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
List of members in v.1-19, 21, 24-
Proceedings
Author: Society for Psychical Research
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Sampford Ghost. A Plain and Authentic Narrative of Those Extraordinary Occurrences
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Disappearance of Maria Glenn
Author: Naomi Clifford
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473863325
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A kidnapping, an elopement gone wrong, and a sensational nineteenth-century trial are only the beginning of this Regency mystery. England, 1817. Barrister George Tuckett wakes to discover that his sixteen-year-old niece Maria Glenn, reputed heiress to West Indian sugar plantations, is missing. It seems she has been abducted by the Bowditches, a local farming family, who intend to force her to marry one of their sons. While Maria is ultimately rescued, the investigation that follows uncovers a complex and disturbing web of lies. At a drama-filled trial that is the talk of the country, four are sentenced to prison. When a cabal of powerful people begin a campaign to destroy Maria’s testimony, her supporters fall away and she is openly vilified. Her enemies have her arrested for perjury, and soon she is forced to flee into exile. Yet the story of conspiracy and deception does not end there, as Maria and her uncle are to suffer one final and devastating betrayal . . . Deftly exploring the details of a case that had many in England taking sides, The Disappearance of Maria Glenn is an intriguing fictionalized account of a tawdry tale that will entice readers of both Regency romance and historical mystery.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473863325
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A kidnapping, an elopement gone wrong, and a sensational nineteenth-century trial are only the beginning of this Regency mystery. England, 1817. Barrister George Tuckett wakes to discover that his sixteen-year-old niece Maria Glenn, reputed heiress to West Indian sugar plantations, is missing. It seems she has been abducted by the Bowditches, a local farming family, who intend to force her to marry one of their sons. While Maria is ultimately rescued, the investigation that follows uncovers a complex and disturbing web of lies. At a drama-filled trial that is the talk of the country, four are sentenced to prison. When a cabal of powerful people begin a campaign to destroy Maria’s testimony, her supporters fall away and she is openly vilified. Her enemies have her arrested for perjury, and soon she is forced to flee into exile. Yet the story of conspiracy and deception does not end there, as Maria and her uncle are to suffer one final and devastating betrayal . . . Deftly exploring the details of a case that had many in England taking sides, The Disappearance of Maria Glenn is an intriguing fictionalized account of a tawdry tale that will entice readers of both Regency romance and historical mystery.
The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer
Author:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Paranormal Devon
Author: Daniel J. Codd
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445629984
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Explore, in depth, the complete range of paranormal phenomena reported throughout Devon in modern times.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445629984
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Explore, in depth, the complete range of paranormal phenomena reported throughout Devon in modern times.
Ghosts: 1762-1820 : Cock Lane, common sense and morality
Author:
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Category : Ghosts
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The edition benefits from full scholarly apparatus, including a general introduction, volume introductions, headnotes, endnotes and a consolidated index in the final volume. The set is broadly interdisciplinary and will appeal to those researching Social and Cultural History, History of Science, History of Religion, Literature and History of the Supernatural, as well as Early-Modern, Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century History. It includes rare sources not available on ECCO, EBBO or Google Books. It takes a chronologically broad view of the history of the supernatural, from the Reformation to the twentieth century. The new editorial material includes a general introduction, volume introductions, headnotes, endnotes and a consolidated index in the final volume. Each facsimile page is digitally cleaned and enhanced, significantly improving on the quality and legibility of the original
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ghosts
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The edition benefits from full scholarly apparatus, including a general introduction, volume introductions, headnotes, endnotes and a consolidated index in the final volume. The set is broadly interdisciplinary and will appeal to those researching Social and Cultural History, History of Science, History of Religion, Literature and History of the Supernatural, as well as Early-Modern, Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century History. It includes rare sources not available on ECCO, EBBO or Google Books. It takes a chronologically broad view of the history of the supernatural, from the Reformation to the twentieth century. The new editorial material includes a general introduction, volume introductions, headnotes, endnotes and a consolidated index in the final volume. Each facsimile page is digitally cleaned and enhanced, significantly improving on the quality and legibility of the original