Ghosthunter : a journey through haunted France

Armed with his camera, Sir Simon Marsden has pursued the elusive trace of ghosts for nearly forty years. He has published ten books of his photographs including The Journal of a Ghosthunter : In Search of the Undead from Ireland to Transylvania (Little Brown, 1994) and The Haunted Realm : Echoes from Beyond the Tomb (Little Brown, 1998). His passion for haunted places, which began as a child in the English countryside, has naturally led him to France, into the châteaux, cemeteries, abandoned ruins, and forests around which famous ghost stories have circulated for centuries. From Saint-Germain-en-Laye's history shrouded in black magic to Saint-Bonnet-le-Château's mysterious cadavers and from Chenonceau's feuding women to the Gisor Fortress with its hidden Templar treasure, the author takes us on a riveting ghost hunt across France. Illustrated with supernaturally beautiful photographs, this travel journal unveils France's darkest secrets and most terrifying legends.