{"product_id":"the-haunting-of-borley-rectory-9781471194771","title":"The Haunting of Borley Rectory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarianne Foyster, Harry Price and the most haunted house in England - the perfect read for Halloween.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Borley Rectory is perhaps the definition of an old haunt, still exerting an extraordinary grip on the popular imagination… Balanced, surprising and strangely moving’  \u003cb\u003eMark Gatiss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In 1928, Eric and Mabel Smith took over \u003cb\u003ea lonely parish\u003c\/b\u003e on the northern border of Essex. When they moved into Borley Rectory, Mrs Smith made \u003cb\u003ea gruesome discovery\u003c\/b\u003e in a cupboard: a human skull.\u003cb\u003e Soon the house was electric with ghosts\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eWithin the year, the Smiths had abandoned it and the Rectory became notorious as the ‘most haunted house in England’.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Reverend Lionel Foyster moved in he experienced \u003cb\u003ea further explosion of poltergeist activity with an increasing violence\u003c\/b\u003e directed at his attractive young wife. \u003cb\u003eMarianne was a passionate and sensuous woman isolated in a vil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I believe Sean O'Connor's is the book on Borley I have been waiting for all my life. He has a perfect ear for drama.' -- Roger Clarke, author of A Natural History of Ghosts\u003cbr\u003e‘Borley Rectory is perhaps the definition of an old haunt, still exerting an extraordinary grip on the popular imagination. In Sean O’Connor’s meticulous and revelatory book, however, it comes up as fresh as paint. Balanced, surprising and strangely moving, this is the definitive account’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   -- Mark Gatiss\u003cbr\u003e‘I thought I knew all there was to know about this legendary haunting. It turns out I have been sitting in the dark. Sean O’Connor’s book bursts open the doors of Borley Rectory and turns the lights on. Arresting and full of remarkable details, this investigation of an investigation is vividly compelling.’ -- Reece Shearsmith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47851662410071,"sku":"9781471194771","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781471194771.jpg?v=1710641378","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-haunting-of-borley-rectory-9781471194771","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}