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Renowned ghost-seeker, Richard Jones, reveals region-by-region the tales of tortured phantoms eager to restage their dark and turbulent pasts. 150 photos and 12 full colour maps.
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Britain and Ireland must be amongst the most spectrally populous parts of the world, and this book is a must for anyone interested in the ranks of headless spectres and ghastly ghouls that inhabit the country's castles. Region by region, renowned ghost-seeker Richard Jones reveals, explains and delights in the tales of tortured phantoms eager to restage their dark and turbulent past. They are all included here, from the ghostly queens that hurl themselves from the ramparts to the malevolent monks that wander the corridors - and from the shades that tour the infamous Tower of London to the grief-stricken white lady who may or may not have attended Madonna's wedding at Dornoch's legendary Skibo Castle. Richard Jones's authoritative and entertaining guide to haunted sites is handsomely designed and illustrated throughout with spectacular photographs, detailed, four-colour maps and extracts from original documents.
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Dieses Buch ist weniger ein Bildband als ein kompletter Führer zu den Spukschlössern der britischen Insel und Irlands. Es ist unterteilt in Kapitel, die sich mit geographischen Abschnitten befassen, von denen jedes mit einer Karte ausgestattet ist, um die Schlösser schnell zuordnen zu können. Jedes einzelne wird ausführlich vorgestellt, von seinem Bau bis zum heutigen Zustand, und besonderes Augenmerk wird natürlich auf die unheimlichen Bewohner/Besucher gerichtet. Die Beschreibungen sind mit fantastischen Fotos unterlegt, und sogar an eine Legende, die angibt, ob das Schloß eine Ruine ist, dem National Trust gehört, eine Besichtigung Eintritt kostet oder eine Übernachtung möglich ist, wurde gedacht. Die gesamte Familie hat Stunden beim Schökern und gleichzeitigen Auffrischen von Geschichtskenntnissen verbracht...ein Volltreffer!
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Excellent Can Be Used as a Travel Guide Book, Historical Reference or Just to Learn Ghost Stories!
28. August 2007
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This is as good a guide book as I've seen on castles (or ruins of castles) for the UK and Ireland. let alone one that covers the history of those castles and tells the reader about the ghosts who supposedly reside there. Inside most castles have colour photographs of the castle or ruins mentioned (some of the ruins also have sketches of the original castle as well). Richard Jones also tells the history of when they were built, who owned them, who lives in them now (if relevant) and all about the person or people who were killed there and now supposedly won't leave.
You'll learn some fascinating stuff such as the horrible way King Edward 11 did in Berkley Castle as punishment for not hurrying up and dying after being locked by the Queen in one of the castle cell's in a dungeon filled with rotting animals after five months.
The book is quite well done. The author states in the intro that he doesn't believe ghosts are dead people but does believe in them (his theory is they are a strong emotion that somehow became recorded on its surroundings and is waiting for the right person to come along and press play. So he gives an account from an impartial objective of tales he has come across not stating the ghosts are real just that people have said they were there. Although he does state at some of the castles while researching something made him feel uneasy.
I've lived Ireland for a year and extensively backpacked the UK and Ireland as well. If I'd had this book I certainly would have gone to a lot of castles I didn't even know existed. Plus I visited some of the castles in here and didn't even know they were supposedly haunted. Like I said before even if you're not interested in the ghost element this book tells you where a fair number of castles or ruins actually are (complete with maps of the part of the UK/Ireland showing where they are).
The book only has castles supposedly haunted (and ones the public can access) so isn't a comprehensive list of every castle but I've never come across a book with more castles than this one. Some major castles like Edinburgh Castle for example aren't in here but they're pretty hard to miss anyway. The book is fairly large in height and width so wouldn't really be ideal for the backpack but if you're taking a driving holiday or want to plan your journey before going it would be ideal. Anyone who has to do a school assignment would be hard to pass this great record of British and Irish medieval up as well.
You'll learn some fascinating stuff such as the horrible way King Edward 11 did in Berkley Castle as punishment for not hurrying up and dying after being locked by the Queen in one of the castle cell's in a dungeon filled with rotting animals after five months.
The book is quite well done. The author states in the intro that he doesn't believe ghosts are dead people but does believe in them (his theory is they are a strong emotion that somehow became recorded on its surroundings and is waiting for the right person to come along and press play. So he gives an account from an impartial objective of tales he has come across not stating the ghosts are real just that people have said they were there. Although he does state at some of the castles while researching something made him feel uneasy.
I've lived Ireland for a year and extensively backpacked the UK and Ireland as well. If I'd had this book I certainly would have gone to a lot of castles I didn't even know existed. Plus I visited some of the castles in here and didn't even know they were supposedly haunted. Like I said before even if you're not interested in the ghost element this book tells you where a fair number of castles or ruins actually are (complete with maps of the part of the UK/Ireland showing where they are).
The book only has castles supposedly haunted (and ones the public can access) so isn't a comprehensive list of every castle but I've never come across a book with more castles than this one. Some major castles like Edinburgh Castle for example aren't in here but they're pretty hard to miss anyway. The book is fairly large in height and width so wouldn't really be ideal for the backpack but if you're taking a driving holiday or want to plan your journey before going it would be ideal. Anyone who has to do a school assignment would be hard to pass this great record of British and Irish medieval up as well.
Haunted Castles of Britain and Ireland
2. August 2011
Good read. Lots of interesting places to discover, and this book just opens the door on each of them, just enough to pique your interest even more than it was by reading this book. :)
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So worth it!
6. August 2010
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This book is worth getting! Ive always been interested in Ghost & Hauntings anyways, so its handy to have a book like this one!
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