Ghostly Northumberland

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Author: Rob Kirkup
Publisher: The History Press
Price: Paperback £12.99

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Another of the growing roster of regional ghost guides from The History Press, this time from one of England’s wildest and most romantic counties.

Twenty of Northumberland’s most haunted locations feature here, in alphabetical order. As you might expect, these include plenty of castles and manor houses steeped in bloody history. Many of the ghosts, too, are pleasingly gothic. Nine-foot tall skeletons, medieval torturers, blue-skinned dwarves, radiant boys, Viking princes uttering bloodcurdling screams, and locked rooms containing mysterious, murderous somethings – all are grist to local author Kirkup’s entertaining mill.

There are thoroughly up-to-date spooks, too, including the ghost of a tragic woman who still peers in through people’s windows and a detailed report of a busy poltergeist in a hotel.

Attractively illustrated and with handy fact-panels about the various haunted locations, Ghostly Northumberland will encourage all ghost fans to take a trip to this fascinating region.

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