Eight Ghosts: The English Heritage Book of Ghost Stories [Hardcover]

Rooted in place, slipping between worlds - a rich collection of unnerving ghosts and sinister histories.Eight authors were given after hours freedom at their chosen English heritage site. Immersed in the history, atmosphere and rumours of hauntings, they channelled their darker imaginings into a series of extraordinary new ghost stories.Sarah Perry's intense tale of possession at the Jacobean country house Audley End is a work of psychological terror, while Andrew Michael Hurley's story brings an unforgettably shocking slant to the history of Carlisle Castle. Within the walls of these historic buildings each author has found inspiration to deliver a new interpretation of the classic ghost story.Relish the imagined terrors at these exhilarating locations:Kate Clanchy, Housesteads Roman FortStuart Evers, Dover CastleMark Haddon, York Cold War BunkerAndrew Michael Hurley, Carlisle CastleSarah Perry, Audley EndMax Porter Eltham PalaceKamila Shamsie, Kenilworth CastleJeanette Winterson, Pendennis CastleCo-op available. Advance reader copies available. Print and online media campaign.'An impressive line-up of established and emerging names.'Sunday Times

'Subtly evocative of human relations  loss, grief, or the fear of loneliness.'Times Literary Supplement

'Will send shivers down your spine and make you check under the bed before you sleep. A satisfying and spooky read.'The Sun

'Unnervingly good, with tales of malevolent works of Jacobean art, time-slip theatrics in a Cold War bunker and a keep that lives up to its name.'Sunday ExpressEight chilling ghost stories penned by some of Britain's best contemporary writers, inspired by spooky English Heritage sites.English Heritage cares for over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places - from world-famous prehistoric sites to grand medieval castles, from Roman forts on the edge of an empire to a Cold War bunker. Through these we brinlc.