Haunted Houses of Britain and Ireland

From grand palaces to family homes, majestic ruins to mansions and castles, Britain and Ireland are teeming with houses that have resident ghosts and phantoms. Renowned specter-seeker Richard Jones has scoured the Kingdom and the Emerald Isle, searching for the most haunted properties that are open to the public, be they city hotels, grand National Trust buildings or small country houses. Ghost stories ranging form that of a giggling girl and cigar smoke in Cornwall to a ghostly lion and a green lady in Scotland are described by the author, whose enigmatic style delightfully depicts the unexplained sights, sounds, and smells that visitors to haunted houses may encounter. This authoritative and entertaining guide to over 100 haunted houses is designed and illustrated throughout with chilling photographs and archive images.