Phantoms of Kernow: Classic Tales of Haunted Cornwall (British Library Tales of the Weird)

Phantoms of Kernow: Classic Tales of Haunted Cornwall (British Library Tales of the Weird)

Joan Passey

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Kernow – as Cornwall is known in the Cornish tongue – is a land haunted by a long heritage of ghost tales and uncanny folklore, from its wicked wreckers and the spectral death-ship that awaits them to mine-dwelling fiends, blood-sucking abominations and the revenant spirits of a druidic past. And the phantoms are stirring once more. In her new selection of sixteen stories hailing from 1865 to 1952, Joan Passey charts a course through this unique literary landscape, including timeless retellings of ghostly lore, rare Victorian chillers and weird nightmares by key figures of Cornish literature such as Sabine Baring-Gould, Arthur Quiller-Couch and Daphne du Maurier.

Published: Jun 19, 2025

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Est. Pages: 275

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