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Historic Royal Palaces: Ghosts in the Walls
- Narrator
- Joshua Riley, Olivia Forrest
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 11 September 2025
- Run Time
- 6 hours 6 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, or other scary supernatural stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Zombies, ghosts and the undead, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Castles and knights, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Queens, kings, princesses, princes etc, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Time travel / Time slip
What to expect
The unusual creak of a floorboard, a flash of light in the dark and the eerie breeze from a closed window … We've all heard tales of phantoms and spooks haunting old buildings, but how many of them can be linked back to real people, real lives and real history?
From the ghostly phantoms who walk the grounds at the Tower of London to a haunted maze at Hampton Court Palace, these spine-tingling tales of ghosts, ghouls and unexplained occurrences will bring history to life in the eeriest way possible.
Made in partnership with Historic Royal Palaces, this stunning and spooky collection features eleven gripping stories from bestselling, award-winning and rising-star authors including: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Alexia Casale, Joseph Coelho, Larry Hayes, Jim Helmore, Catherine Johnson, Sophie Kirtley, E.L. Norry, Jasmine Richards, Imogen Russell Williams and Sam Sedgman. This unique collection is sure to keep readers of every age up long past their bedtimes ...
Critics Review
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This collection of 11 spooky stories takes inspiration from the history and mythology within the walls of Historic Royal Palace’s iconic buildings to create unique stories that will thrill readers of all ages [...] alongside stunning black-and-white illustrations from Pam Smy
Books for Keeps
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Definitely spooky and not for the faint hearted, this is a collection for the brave and curious!
Through the Bookshelf
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This is the ideal spooky-season anthology for fans of supernatural fiction and fascinatingly fearsome non-fiction alike ... a great gift for 9+ year olds who love to be exhilarated by spine-tingling stories that might have more than a kernel of truth …
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Details
- Author
- Historic Royal Palaces, illustrated by Pam Smy
- Narrator
- Joshua Riley, Olivia Forrest
- Duration
- 6 hours 6 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9781526673855
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, or other scary supernatural stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Zombies, ghosts and the undead, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Castles and knights, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Queens, kings, princesses, princes etc, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Time travel / Time slip
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents Historic Royal Palaces: Ghosts in the Walls, a collection of ghostly short stories read by Joshua Riley and Olivia ForrestThe unusual creak of a floorboard, a flash of light in the dark and the eerie breeze from a closed window … We've all heard tales of phantoms and spooks haunting old buildings, but how many of them can be linked back to real people, real lives and real history? From the ghostly phantoms who walk the grounds at the Tower of London to a haunted maze at Hampton Court Palace, these spine-tingling tales of ghosts, ghouls and unexplained occurrences will bring history to life in the eeriest way possible.Made in partnership with Historic Royal Palaces, this stunning and spooky collection features eleven gripping stories from bestselling, award-winning and rising-star authors including: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Alexia Casale, Joseph Coelho, Larry Hayes, Jim Helmore, Catherine Johnson, Sophie Kirtley, E.L. Norry, Jasmine Richards, Imogen Russell Williams and Sam Sedgman. This unique collection is sure to keep readers of every age up long past their bedtimes ...
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