The Edinburgh Tales

The Edinburgh Tales PDF Author: Christian Isobel Johnstone
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1222

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The Edinburgh Tales

The Edinburgh Tales PDF Author: Christian Isobel Johnstone
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1222

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Ghostly Tales and Sinister Stories of Old Edinburgh

Ghostly Tales and Sinister Stories of Old Edinburgh PDF Author: Alan J. Wilson
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
ISBN: 9781851584567
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Over a hundred gripping tales of murder and mystery, ghosts and ghouls, body-snatching and witch-burning reveal the darker side of genteel Edinburgh's history. Ghostly Tales & Sinister Stories of Old Edinburgh is a highly readable collection, fully illustrated throughout and compiled by the three historians who operate Mercat Tours. Since 1984 over 25,000 visitors have enjoyed their nightly rounds of the closes and wynds of Edinburgh's Old Town. Now you can read of the macabre exploits of Edinburgh's infamous villains--Deacon Brodie, Burke & Hare, Major Weir, Agnes Fynnie and a host of others--which bring this ancient city intriguingly to life.

The Edinburgh Tales

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The Edinburgh tales, conducted by mrs. Johnstone

The Edinburgh tales, conducted by mrs. Johnstone PDF Author: Edinburgh tales
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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The Edinburgh Tales

The Edinburgh Tales PDF Author: Christian Isobel Johnstone
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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The Edinburgh Tales

The Edinburgh Tales PDF Author: Christian Isobel Johnstone
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Category : Tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Edinburgh tales, conducted by mrs. Johnstone

The Edinburgh tales, conducted by mrs. Johnstone PDF Author: Edinburgh tales
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Languages : en
Pages : 460

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The Edinburgh Tales

The Edinburgh Tales PDF Author: Christian Isobel Johnstone
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394

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The Edinburgh tales, conducted by mrs. Johnstone

The Edinburgh tales, conducted by mrs. Johnstone PDF Author: Edinburgh tales
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Pages : 426

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Tales of the Troubled Dead

Tales of the Troubled Dead PDF Author: Catherine Belsey
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474417388
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Considers the ways ghost stories appeal to our uneasy relationship with conventional good senseWhat do they want, the ghosts that, even in the age of science, still haunt our storytelling? Catherine Belsey's answer to the question traces Gothic writing and tales of the uncanny from the ancient past to the present - from Homer and the Icelandic sagas to Lincoln in the Bardo. Taking Shakespeare's Ghost in Hamlet as a turning point in the history of the genre, she uncovers the old stories the play relies on, as well as its influence on later writing. This ghostly trail is vividly charted through accredited records of apparitions and fiction by such writers as Ann Radcliffe, Washington Irving, Emily Bront Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, M. R. James and Susan Hill. In recent blockbusting movies, too, ghost stories bring us fragments of news from the unknown. Traces examples of ghost stories from Homer to the present dayDescribes the aspects of storytelling designed to involve readersIncludes stories of attested apparitions, as well as fiction by a wide range of both canonical and popular authors