Eight Ghosts

Max Porter, Stuart Evers, Andrew Hurley, Mark Haddon, Kate Clanchy, Sarah Perry, Jeanette Winterson, Kamila Shamsie

ISBN 10: 1917564031 / ISBN 13: 9781917564038

Published by English Heritage, GB, 2026

About this Item

Eight authors were given the freedom of their chosen English Heritage site, from medieval castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker. Immersed in the past and chilled by rumours of hauntings, they channelled their darker imaginings into a series of extraordinary new ghost stories. Following these stories by the eight contemporary writers, is a section by Andrew Martin on ghost stories and the sites that inspired them, and following that a section on accounts of strange happenings and sightings at a selections of English Heritage properties, often as recorded and related in interviews with site staff.

Seller Inventory # LU-9781917564038

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eight Ghosts
• Publisher: English Heritage, GB
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1917564031
• ISBN 13: 9781917564038
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 280 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Eight ghost stories by contemporary writers, set at and inspired by English Heritage properties; followed by record of reported ghostly activity at English Heritage sites.

Eight authors were given the freedom of their chosen English Heritage site, from medieval castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker. Immersed in the past and chilled by rumors of hauntings, they channeled their darker imaginings into a series of extraordinary new ghost stories. Following these stories by the eight contemporary writers, is a section by Andrew Martin on ghost stories and the sites that inspired them, and following that a section on accounts of strange happenings and sightings at a selections of English Heritage properties, often as recorded and related in interviews with site staff.