BOOK CLUB: HAUNTED LONDON BY JAMES CLARK

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Book blog day boo yah. As you should know Tuesdays is book blog day were we talk anything and everything and pretty much run with it. Today's blog is on Haunted London by James Clark

From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena to first-hand encounters with ghouls and spirits, this collection of stories contains new and well-known spooky tales from famous sights and buildings in the centre of London. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources Haunted London contains a chilling range of ghostly phenomena.  From the monk ghost who clanks his chain's on Buckingham Palace's terrace every Christmas Day, the Phantom horse-bus that occasionally rattles along Bayswater Road to the haunted Pig Tree, a terrifying apparition that frequents Green Park, the colourful tales featured here create a scary selection of ghostly goings-on that is bound to captivate anyone interested in the supernatural history of the area.

• History Press Website

Haunted London was Published on August 31^st 2007 by Tempus Publishing and is one of a series of books covering Haunted towns and cities mainly around the UK.

I came across Haunted London in a Waterstones whilst perusing the spiritual section and bought it amongst a plethora of other books related to haunted places. I'm glad this is a non-fiction book rather than fiction 'cause Ive found ghost stories can be a bit repetitive and a little monotonous at times (this is due to several stories being similar no matter where it was). I love that the book is on London (My countries Capital) which is one of my favourite cities and haunted hotspots around it.

James Clark was born in and remains a wanderer of the darkest depths of south London, UK. It can be a weird old place, this often overlooked hinterland of the world's greatest city*, and his books include several collections of local ghost stories, folklore and history.

- Amazon James Clarke Wiki 

Ghosts and Paranormal events are very high on my love to research list along with history research. I've had this love since I was a child and I watched the pilot episode of Most Haunted (British TV show). I don't really have much of an opinion on James Clark other than he researched the book really well and gave the right balance of story and research, and I cant particularly find his foot print online. I give the book as a whole a 9/10.

WEBSITE BIBLIOGRAPHY:

https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/James-Clark/e/B00M2ZSBCA?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_sims_vu00_r1_c0

And there you have it a decent set of books for all the ages. So we'll be leaving this here for today please leave a comment, share with others if you want or not Friday is random blog day and remember keep it sensible in the comments all abuse will be tracked and reported to the appropriate people.

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