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Terrific Register Book of Ghosts

2010-03-12 Body, Mind & Spirit
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Release : 2010-03-12
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Book Synopsis Terrific Register Book of Ghosts by : Cate Ludlow

Download or read book Terrific Register Book of Ghosts written by Cate Ludlow. This book was released on 2010-03-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a schoolboy, Charles Dickens took a copy of The Terrific Register every week, and he later recalled how it 'frightened my very wits out of my head, for the small charge of a penny weekly.' This selection contains all the finest ghost stories from this 185-year-old publication. With countless reports of apparitions and premonitions of all kinds, extraordinary instances of second sight, and visitations from spirits predicting fortunes, deaths and dreadful disasters, it will chill all but the sturdiest of hearts. Many of these tales have not appeared in print since Charles Dickens himself read them. Richly illustrated with original woodcuts, it will delight all lovers of a good ghost story.

Tales from the Terrific Register: The Book of Ghosts

2010-03-12 Body, Mind & Spirit
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Release : 2010-03-12
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Book Rating : 732/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Tales from the Terrific Register: The Book of Ghosts by : Cate Ludlow

Download or read book Tales from the Terrific Register: The Book of Ghosts written by Cate Ludlow. This book was released on 2010-03-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a schoolboy, Charles Dickens took a copy of The Terrific Register every week, and he later recalled how it 'frightened my very wits out of my head, for the small charge of a penny weekly.' This selection contains all the finest ghost stories from this 185-year-old publication. With countless reports of apparitions and premonitions of all kinds, extraordinary instances of second sight, and visitations from spirits predicting fortunes, deaths and dreadful disasters, it will chill all but the sturdiest of hearts. Many of these tales have not appeared in print since Charles Dickens himself read them. Richly illustrated with original woodcuts, it will delight all lovers of a good ghost story.

Tales from the Terrific Register: The Book of Pirates and Highwaymen

2010-03-12 True Crime
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Release : 2010-03-12
Genre : True Crime
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Book Rating : 759/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Tales from the Terrific Register: The Book of Pirates and Highwaymen by : Cate Ludlow

Download or read book Tales from the Terrific Register: The Book of Pirates and Highwaymen written by Cate Ludlow. This book was released on 2010-03-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred and eighty-five years ago, the Terrific Register thrilled its readers with tales of Turkish princes and wicked thieves, black-hearted murderers, wicked massacres and the boldest criminals ever to menace the traveller by land or sea. This selection contains the most graphic tales of highway thefts and dark deeds on the high seas. You will find herein the life of Blackbeard and the adventures of Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer and one of the most dangerous men ever to sail the Spanish Main; countless tales of murder and rapine by the wayside culminate in the strange story of the resurrected highwayman, brought back from the dead after his execution - forcing the authorities to hang him for the second time. Richly illustrated with original woodcuts, this fascinating volume will delight all lovers of high adventure.

The Book of Ghosts

2010 Ghosts
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Release : 2010
Genre : Ghosts
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Book Rating : 160/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Book of Ghosts by : Cate Ludlow

Download or read book The Book of Ghosts written by Cate Ludlow. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales from the Terrific Register

Tales from The Terrific Register: The Book of Wonders

2009-09-07 Body, Mind & Spirit
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Release : 2009-09-07
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Book Rating : 724/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Tales from The Terrific Register: The Book of Wonders by : Cate Ludlow

Download or read book Tales from The Terrific Register: The Book of Wonders written by Cate Ludlow. This book was released on 2009-09-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From strange medical afflictions, including crumbling skeletons and 'mortifying' limbs, to miraculous escapes and singular preservations, wonderful beasts such as the vast guardian snake of Nurrah, and all manner of plagues, earthquakes and disasters, the Terrific Register was an essential purchase for lovers of strange tales across England. This selection contains the most startling tales from this 185-year-old publication. Amongst the prodigious marvels contained herein you will find giants, children with horns and babies brought up by wolves, uncanny dreams, devils, and attacks by everything from cannibals to buffalos, snakes, sharks, wolves, rats, crocodiles, bears, 'the ferocious attack of a lioness on the Exeter mail', and a man bitten twenty times by a shark whilst fishing in Yorkshire. Richly illustrated with original woodcuts, this volume will delight lovers of the Fortean everywhere.

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