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Author: Martin Coventry
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781899874477
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive and spine-chilling collection of more than 200 detailed ghost stories associated with Scotland's many castles and great houses, including Edinburgh, Stirling, Fyvie, Crathes, Dunnottar, Neidpath, and hundreds more. Most of the sites c
Author: Martin Coventry
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781899874248
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA must for all those who want to visit Scotland's many castles. The book covers all of the coutry's famous strongholds, as well as many lesser-known places, with location, access, visitor facilities, and contact details. There is a map, many photos, a glossary of architectural terms, and a family-name index, allowing the reader to identify any castle associated with their family.
Author: G. Stewart
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2013-08-13
Total Pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9781492129950
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJourney through the beautiful countryside of Scotland, and it won't be long before you find a castle or grand manor house. From the fully restored magnificent homes and hotels to the decaying ruins, each one has it's own unique history. With so many originally built for protection in far more violent times than today, it is not unusual to discover that behind the visually stunning exteriors can lie a dark and sinister past and the terrifying acts of cruelty that were carried out within the walls have resulted in tales of hauntings. In this book the author explores a selection of these castles and manors, giving details of the reported ghostly happenings and the history of the property which helps explain why they are reputedly haunted. Many of the properties have been personally visited by the author allowing him to provide photographs and offer his own views and experiences. Book 3 in the Haunted Explorer Series. Other titles available in the series; Scotland's Hidden Hauntings Scottish Ghosts and Witches
Author: Martin Coventry
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781899874422
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn illustrated alphabetical gazetteer that details more than 600 haunted sites all over Scotland.
Author: Martin Coventry
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781899874569
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe definitive and most comprehensive collection on castles, towers, and fortified houses of Scotland, with historical accounts, visitor information, and maps.
Author: Marie Morrison
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Published: 2020-07-15
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1725319950
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPerched on Castle Rock high over Edinburgh, Scotland, Edinburgh Castle is steeped in thousands of years of human history. It stretches all the way back to the ancient Celts and the Iron Age. It's been besieged dozens of times, and it's probably one of the most attacked sites in the world. It shouldn't be surprising that the castle is rich with ghost stories and phantasmal lore. Readers will learn about the castle's long history and its many tales and legends, getting a peek behind its ancient walls through full-color photographs, primary sources, and spooky narrative.
Author: Barbara Knox
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Published: 2006-08-01
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1597162485
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the history of the eleventh-century castle located in Scotland's capital city, discussing battles, sieges, and ghost sightings.
Author: Tiya Miles
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2015-08-12
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 1469626349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book Tiya Miles explores the popular yet troubling phenomenon of "ghost tours," frequently promoted and experienced at plantations, urban manor homes, and cemeteries throughout the South. As a staple of the tours, guides entertain paying customers by routinely relying on stories of enslaved black specters. But who are these ghosts? Examining popular sites and stories from these tours, Miles shows that haunted tales routinely appropriate and skew African American history to produce representations of slavery for commercial gain. "Dark tourism" often highlights the most sensationalist and macabre aspects of slavery, from salacious sexual ties between white masters and black women slaves to the physical abuse and torture of black bodies to the supposedly exotic nature of African spiritual practices. Because the realities of slavery are largely absent from these tours, Miles reveals how they continue to feed problematic "Old South" narratives and erase the hard truths of the Civil War era. In an incisive and engaging work, Miles uses these troubling cases to shine light on how we feel about the Civil War and race, and how the ghosts of the past are still with us.
Author: Sophia Kingshill
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2012-08-30
Total Pages: 596
ISBN-13: 140906171X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScotland's rich past and varied landscape have inspired an extraordinary array of legends and beliefs, and in The Lore of Scotland Jennifer Westwood and Sophia Kingshill bring together many of the finest and most intriguing: stories of heroes and bloody feuds, tales of giants, fairies, and witches, and accounts of local customs and traditions. Their range extends right across the country, from the Borders with their haunting ballads, via Glasgow, site of St Mungo's miracles, to the fateful battlefield of Culloden, and finally to the Shetlands, home of the seal-people. More than simply retelling these stories, The Lore of Scotland explores their origins, showing how and when they arose and investigating what basis - if any - they have in historical fact. In the process, it uncovers the events that inspired Shakespeare's Macbeth, probes the claim that Mary King's Close is the most haunted street in Edinburgh, and examines the surprising truth behind the fame of the MacCrimmons, Skye's unsurpassed bagpipers. Moreover, it reveals how generations of Picts, Vikings, Celtic saints and Presbyterian reformers shaped the myriad tales that still circulate, and, from across the country, it gathers together legends of such renowned figures as Sir William Wallace, St Columba, and the great warrior Fingal. The result is a thrilling journey through Scotland's legendary past and an endlessly fascinating account of the traditions and beliefs that play such an important role in its heritage.
Author: Janet Fox
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2017-03-07
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0147517133
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“An enchanting, ghostly story that had me in its grip until the last page."—Jennifer A. Nielsen, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of The False Prince “Keep calm and carry on.” That’s what Katherine Bateson’s father told her, and that’s what she’s trying to do: when her father goes off to the war, when her mother sends Kat and her brother and sister away from London to escape the incessant bombing, even when the children arrive at Rookskill Castle, an ancient, crumbling manor on the misty Scottish highlands. But it’s hard to keep calm in the strange castle that seems haunted by ghosts or worse. What’s making those terrifying screeches and groans at night? Why do the castle’s walls seem to have a mind of their own? And why do people seem to mysteriously appear and disappear? Kat believes she knows the answer: Lady Eleanor, who rules Rookskill Castle, is harboring a Nazi spy. But when her classmates begin to vanish, one by one, Kat must uncover the truth about what the castle actually harbors—and who Lady Eleanor really is—before it's too late.
