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2813108Scottish Ghost Storieshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/scottish-ghost-stories-9780751553314/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2911431/77c630ab-3269-4eef-8e72-f45829ce75d8.jpg?v=638384618275170000234266MXNLittle, Brown Book GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p>Inheriting the tradition of Hugh Miller, the nineteenth century folklorist and stonemason (whose own haunted life is the subject of the opening chapter), James Robertson has, where possible, researched the original or oldest written source and visited the site of each story to compile the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of the Scottish supernatural. Some of the stories gathered here are deservedly famous, such as those associated with Glamis Castle or the tale of Major Weir, while others (The Deil of Littledean and The Drummer of Cortachy) are less familiar or even contemporary accounts related to the author personally - but all are equally intriguing and fascinating reflections of the culture and period to which they belong.</p><p>Neither a wary sceptic nor a fanatical believer, but an advocate of the validity of individual experience of the strange and unexplainable, James Robertsons <em>Scottish Ghost Stories</em> is an imaginative and chilling recasting of an established Scottish ghost-hunting and story-telling tradition - a homage to the particular mystery and character of a land which continues to produce ghosts whether from den to glen, Highlands to Lowlands, Catholic to Protestant.</p>...2749027Scottish Ghost Stories234266https://www.gandhi.com.mx/scottish-ghost-stories-9780751553314/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2911431/77c630ab-3269-4eef-8e72-f45829ce75d8.jpg?v=638384618275170000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20139780751553314_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_<p>Inheriting the tradition of Hugh Miller, the nineteenth century folklorist and stonemason (whose own haunted life is the subject of the opening chapter), James Robertson has, where possible, researched the original or oldest written source and visited the site of each story to compile the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of the Scottish supernatural. Some of the stories gathered here are deservedly famous, such as those associated with Glamis Castle or the tale of Major Weir, while others (The Deil of Littledean and The Drummer of Cortachy) are less familiar or even contemporary accounts related to the author personally - but all are equally intriguing and fascinating reflections of the culture and period to which they belong.</p><p>Neither a wary sceptic nor a fanatical believer, but an advocate of the validity of individual experience of the strange and unexplainable, James Robertsons <em>Scottish Ghost Stories</em> is an imaginative and chilling recasting of an established Scottish ghost-hunting and story-telling tradition - a homage to the particular mystery and character of a land which continues to produce ghosts whether from den to glen, Highlands to Lowlands, Catholic to Protestant.</p>(*_*)9780751553314_<p>Inheriting the tradition of Hugh Miller, the nineteenth century folklorist and stonemason (whose own haunted life is the subject of the opening chapter), James Robertson has, where possible, researched the original or oldest written source and visited the site of each story to compile the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of the Scottish supernatural. Some of the stories gathered here are deservedly famous, such as those associated with Glamis Castle or the tale of Major Weir, while others (The Deil of Littledean and The Drummer of Cortachy) are less familiar or even contemporary accounts related to the author personally - but all are equally intriguing and fascinating reflections of the culture and period to which they belong.</p><p>Neither a wary sceptic nor a fanatical believer, but an advocate of the validity of individual experience of the strange and unexplainable, James Robertsons <em>Scottish Ghost Stories</em> is an imaginative and chilling recasting of an established Scottish ghost-hunting and story-telling tradition - a homage to the particular mystery and character of a land which continues to produce ghosts whether from den to glen, Highlands to Lowlands, Catholic to Protestant.</p>...9780751553314_Little, Brown Book Grouplibro_electonico_67b5a52a-2179-39ca-a145-38dec7bd4c58_9780751553314;9780751553314_9780751553314James RobertsonInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/hachetteuk-epub-1a210f14-3b11-43a8-a6f3-9448c9a38032.epub2013-06-06T00:00:00+00:00Little, Brown Book Group