- Published: 1 December 2011
- ISBN: 9780099287575
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $19.99
The English Ghost
Spectres Through Time















- Published: 1 December 2011
- ISBN: 9780099287575
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $19.99
A rich and compelling assembly of stories for winter nights
New Statesman
The idea of an Ackroyd-curated collection of true ghost stories is appealing...the book records a folk art form, now itself deceased
Suzi Feay, Independent on Sunday
This is a wonderful little book. It's properly old-fashioned and unorthodox, a scrapbook of clues, tittle-tattle, hints and mortal byways
Roger Clarke, Independent
Ackroyd's collection glides seamlessly from terror to humour to downright peculiarity: it is the ideal read as the nights darken and Halloween approaches
Tina Jackson, Metro
A fascinating anthology of sightings of ghosts in England over the centuries
Andrew Lycett, Literary Review
He has found some sterling stories. It's for life, not just for Hallowe'en
TheBookBag.co.uk
Everybody loves a good ghost story and this selection of spooky sightings, both scary and comical, will certainly satisfy an appetite for eerie reading
Daily Express
The stories have a pleasing strangeness, even, or perhaps especially if one does not believe in ghosts
Independent on Sunday
The story of the phantom hitchhiker did give me the creeps
Colin Waters, Herald
Ackroyd's book has its fair share of terrified hauntees and, unless you're a sceptic, there are plenty of scenes that will make the hairs on the back of your neck bristle
Simon Griffith, Mail on Sunday