The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story

By: Kate Summerscale

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Synopsis: 'A page-turner with the authority of history' PHILIPPA GREGORY'As gripping as a novel. An engaging, unsettling, deeply satisfying read' SARAH WATERS'An empathetic, meticulous account of a spiritual unravelling; a tribute to the astonishing power of the human mind - but also a properly absorbing, baffling, satisfying detective story' AIDA EDEMARIAMLondon, 1938. Alma Fielding, an ordinary young woman, begins to experience supernatural events in her suburban home. Nandor Fodor – a Jewish-Hungarian refugee and chief ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical research – begins to investigate. In doing so he discovers a different and darker type of haunting: trauma, alienation, loss – and the foreshadowing of a nation's worst fears. As the spectre of Fascism lengthens over Europe, and as Fodor's obsession with the case deepens, Alma becomes ever more disturbed. With rigour, daring and insight, the award-winning pioneer of historical narrative non-fiction Kate Summerscale shadows Fodor's enquiry, delving into long-hidden archives to find the human story behind a very modern haunting.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 368 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781408895436
Related ISBNs:: 9781408895450
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing
Date of Addition:: 09/30/20
Copyrighted By:: Kate Summerscale
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.