{"product_id":"holy-ghosts-classic-tales-of-the-ecclesiastical-uncanny-9780712354134","title":"Holy Ghosts: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny","description":"\u003cb\u003eA couple witnesses a ghostly procession from centuries past; a tourist confesses her sins to a priest long since dead; cursed statues torment a sinning Archdeacon. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Churches, monasteries and convents have long been associated with sanctuary: sacred spaces should offer protection from evil in all its forms. This new anthology raises questions about the protection offered by faith, bringing together a collection of tales in which holy places are filled with horror; where stone effigies come to life and believers are tormented by terrifying apparitions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a host of uncanny stories published between 1855 and 1935, \u003ci\u003eHoly Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers sacrilegious specters and the ecclesiastically eerie. Reincarnating forgotten authors, from Mrs Henry Wood to Ada Buisson, Robert Hichens to M R James; Amelia B Edwards to Vernon Lee, the anthology exhumes stories buried deep in the British Library stacks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiona Snailham\u003c\/b\u003e is an academic based at the University of Greenwich, whose research and published work explores nineteenth-century literature and culture, and the intersection between Christian theology and Victorian mediumship and spiritualism. She is also a contributor to \u003ci\u003eBBC History Extra\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHistory Today.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"British Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720993210642,"sku":"9780712354134","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e3a6a0fd-cc15-43ff-b588-7da959c0d031.jpg?v=1762945150","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/holy-ghosts-classic-tales-of-the-ecclesiastical-uncanny-9780712354134","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}