Could the course of history have been affected by hidden forces? This book features the tragedy of Catherine Howard (Tudor); the Maid of Orleans (Joan of Arc); Comfort's Curse (Witch trials in America); "The Ghostly Battle" (English Civil War) and an ancient Greek ghost story. It is part of a series which focuses on "true" ghost stories backed up with historical fact. Each volume includes five stories with a balance of periods/locations. Each chapter includes a single page, history fact file, to accompnay the story. This contains photographs, artefacts and historical background material, providing the fact behind the fiction and letting the reader make up their mind.

 

This book is part of a book series called Haunted History .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Hachette Children's Group .

Peter Hepplewhite is a former history teacher, currently working as an education officer for Tyne & Wear Archives Service.