{"product_id":"the-dread-of-night-supernatural-bithia-mary-croker-9789354475672","title":"The Dread of Night Supernatural Encounters from the British Raj","description":"\u003cp\u003eGhosts, derangements and strange happenings abound inVictorian fiction. Even\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore so in stories from the Raj written by English writers, overwhelmed, often\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunnerved, by the vast and alien land they ruled but could not quite come to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egrips with.To them, India's jungles, village squares and railway stations-even\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir own colonial bungalows-bristled with the long-dead, the undead, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunexplained and the terrible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen writers of the Raj brought greater imagination and skill to the spooky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etale than men.And among them, Bithia Mary Croker and Alice Perrin were easily\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe best.This collection brings together, for the first time ever, the spookiest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshort stories of these mistresses of the Raj supernatural.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe khidmatgar of a derelict mansion is curiously always at his master and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emistress' service, but only after dark.A dead woman comes calling for her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edevoted husband, the Collector of a colonial outpost.An unwelcoming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ekhansamah in a secluded dak bungalow hides a sinister secret.An ayah bewilders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher mistress when she sings lullabies to her imaginary charge.A missionary'halfcaste' Eurasian discovers the powers of a native goddess.And a stately hill station\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehome comes to be occupied by a family of four, happy for the surprisingly low\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erent they must pay, until they discover why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon local legends, colonial records and Indian folklore, these gripping, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eatmospheric tales will send shivers down your spine and yet leave you craving for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bithia Mary Croker, Alice Perrin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354475671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354475672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.65d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bithia Mary Croker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897468412159,"sku":"9789354475672","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_45b62b3d-6ef3-41f1-a47f-0583d5ecc40b.jpg?v=1721374003","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dread-of-night-supernatural-bithia-mary-croker-9789354475672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}