{"product_id":"curious-victorians-volume-v-evelyn-blair-9798278516361","title":"Curious Victorians - Volume V: 150 Facts About Ghostly Encounters \u0026 Hauntings from the Victorian Era","description":"\u003cp\u003eStep into the shadowed parlours and fog-filled streets of the Victorian era-an age fascinated by ghosts, omens, and the possibility that the dead were never far away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book gathers eerie and often darkly amusing Victorian accounts of hauntings, séances, cursed objects, and spectral encounters, drawn from 19th-century newspapers, folklore, and spiritualist reports. From whispering cabinets and spirit photographers to phantom policemen, haunted nurseries, and death omens, these are the stories Victorians told, believed, and eagerly repeated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than proving the supernatural, this collection explores what Victorians believed, feared, and paid to witness-presented with historical care and a touch of dry humour. Some tales were warnings, others entertainment, and many likely embellished, but all were serious enough to endure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA richly atmospheric journey into Victorian Britain's obsession with the unseen-because no one embraced a good haunting quite like the Victorians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evelyn Blair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798278516361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Evelyn Blair","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48114152866047,"sku":"9798278516361","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81e3f1f2-15de-43c3-bd30-a2c9b113423b.jpg?v=1769619438","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/curious-victorians-volume-v-evelyn-blair-9798278516361","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}