| ISBN |
9781408895474 (paperback) |
| 9781408895443 (paperback) |
| Name |
Summerscale, Kate, 1965- author. |
| Title |
The haunting of Alma Fielding / Kate Summerscale. |
| Published |
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. |
| London : Bloomsbury Circus, 2020. |
| ©2020 |
| Description |
xv, 345 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2020. |
| "A true ghost story" -- Cover. |
| Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
London, 1938. Alma Fielding, an ordinary young woman, begins to experience supernatural events in her suburban home. Nandor Fodor - a Jewish-Hungarian refugee and chief ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical research - begins to investigate. In doing so he discovers a different and darker type of haunting: trauma, alienation, loss - and the foreshadowing of a nation's worst fears. As the spectre of Fascism lengthens over Europe, and as Fodor's obsession with the case deepens, Alma becomes ever more disturbed. With rigour, daring and insight, the award-winning pioneer of historical narrative non-fiction Kate Summerscale shadows Fodor's enquiry, delving into long-hidden archives to find the human story behind a very modern haunting. |
| Subjects |
Fodor, Nandor |
| Fielding, Alma, -- 1903-1976 |
| Poltergeists -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century |
| Parapsychology -- Investigation -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century |
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