Author: HOWAT, POLLY
Title: Norfolk Ghosts & Legends
Description: Countryside Books, UK, 1993. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9781853062575 Signed by Author. 125 & a 3 page index to rear pages. Norfolk is a county, tradition. Echoes of its varied history resurface in local tales of strange phenomena. There are reports of hauntings, from the phantom of Norwich?s Maddermarket Theatre and the ghostly aircrew of Bircham Newton, to the cries of drowned sailors, howling in the wind. There are tales of witches too, and visits from the devil, mischievous will o? the wisps and more than one headless manifestation of Anne Boleyn. Who was the Happisburgh Smuggler? What is the treasure of Callow Pit? Why is Great Yarmouth haunted by an Egyptian princess? How did Margery Kempe save King's Lynn, and what is the answer to the Norfolk Riddle? Polly Howat brings together the best of these traditional tales from the County's past into a powerful collection of the unexplained and the supernatural. In addition she provides a glossary of dialect words and phrases which recall a time and a way of life so nearly lost to today?s generations.? Book - in Very Good card covers. Contents, clean, bright and tightly bound. Signed & Dedicated by Author 'To Rose's Mum & Bruce With best wishes Polly Howat 1993.' Size: 8.5 inches tall by 5.25 inches. 125 & a 3 page index to rear. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Miscellaneous; Paperback; Signed by Author. ISBN: 185306257X. ISBN/EAN: 9781853062575. Inventory No: F296-1047.

Keywords: BZDB395 Howat Norfolk Ghosts Hauntings Supernatural Miscellaneous; Paperback; Norfolk Ghosts Legends Polly Howat Paperback


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