Ghosts: A Haunted History

Some excellent writing let down by Amazon service; ordered on 30/12/21, posted on 04/01/22 and thrown in box with other items so hardback cover and edges dented and scratched. amazon saved some postage so at at least they're happy little money grubbers!

Nice modern review of ghosts and hauntings

This book is really great for ghost lovers. I highly recommend!

Lisa Morton is the queen of Halloween, but she also knows her spooks and specters. This is a beautifully-written examination of then world of ghost beliefs, traditions, folklore, science and pop culture.

This is a great book with a lot of historical information about the history of ghost sightings and stories. But I had read her newer book, The history of seances, first and have found that the two books have a lot of the same information except the newer book has a lot more and is layed out much better as well. I think if you're interested in this type of topic like I am get her newer book instead of this one. Don't get me wrong it is a great book and Lisa Morton does an amazing job digging up all that history about such a niche topic then arranging it in chronological order making it easy to follow and her references are all listed in the back as well as every single source she used to acquire thus information. But for me I really didn't need this book after reading the newer one.

It was just what I was looking for a definitive and comprehensive look at ghosts in reality and fiction.