The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories - Brossura

Haining, Peter

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ISBN 10: 1841191604 ISBN 13: 9781841191607

Casa editrice: Robinson, 2000

Riassunto

All types of tales to chill your bones lie in this, the first major anthology of stories of haunted houses. Ghosts are found in country mansions and city lofts, haunting the inhabitants with malicious intent or with childish curiosity. Contributors include James Herbert and Ruth Rendell.

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L'autore:

Peter Haining was a prolific editor of anthologies and collections throughout all subgenres of fiction, and he also wrote his own short stories, recently a series about the Second World War. He collected and edited several books about Sherlock Holmes including The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook and The Television Sherlock Holmes to tie in with the iconic Jeremy Brett series of the eighties and nineties. He died in 2007.

Peter Haining wrote and edited a number of acclaimed books on the supernatural, including Ghosts: The Illustrated History, and A Dictionary of Ghosts, as well as fiction anthologies The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories. A former publisher and much admired figure, he died in 2007. He lived in a sixteenth-century house in Suffolk that is haunted by the ghost of a Napoleonic prisoner of war.

Peter Haining was a prolific editor of anthologies and collections throughout all subgenres of fiction, and he also wrote his own short stories, recently a series about the Second World War. He collected and edited several books about Sherlock Holmes including The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook and The Television Sherlock Holmes to tie in with the iconic Jeremy Brett series of the eighties and nineties. He died in 2007.

Peter Haining wrote and edited a number of acclaimed books on the supernatural, including Ghosts: The Illustrated History, and A Dictionary of Ghosts, as well as fiction anthologies The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories. A former publisher and much admired figure, he died in 2007. He lived in a sixteenth-century house in Suffolk that is haunted by the ghost of a Napoleonic prisoner of war.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Robinson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1841191604
• ISBN 13: 9781841191607
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 512
• Redattore: Haining Peter