Book description
INCLUDES THE THREE BEST GHOST STORIES EVER Who among us, lying in
bed at night, listening to the noises of the house Â- that creak in
the stairs, the clock ticking away in the empty hall Â- has not
experienced a momentary chill, that first tremor of fear? What is it
about Britain, asks Andrew Martin, that makes it such a fitting
playground for the supernatural? We are, it seems, a nation primed for
ghostliness; our history, our landscape, our very climate are
inherently eerie. In Ghoul Britannia, Martin takes a wry look at our
haunted isle, goes to cursed houses, talks to psychics and believers,
and studies exorcisms. He asks why some ghosts appear in libraries and
others at the end of the bed, what ghosts like to wear, and whether
you should feel nervous on a foggy, moonlit night... In this
engrossing new book, Martin searches out the dark corners of our
subconscious in an attempt to explain our most deep-seated fears Â-
why, despite famously being a nation of cynics, we just cannot quite
ignore that bump in the night.
Andrew Martin trained as a barrister before becoming a journalist and
novelist. He has contributed to most national newspapers. His seven
novels include five titles - beginning with The Necropolis Railway -
featuring the young Edwardian detective, Jim Stringer and he is the
author of How to Get Things Really Flat (Short Books). He has also
written short stories and radio plays. He is married with two children.
