Download or read book Devon Prideaux Ghost Stories written by A. A. PRIDEAUX and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are tales of the ancient Cornish and Devon Pridias family, now known as Prideaux. From Roger de Pridias in the 13th Century to John Prideaux in the 16th Century, we follow seven members of the Pridias family who each share an unusual tale from their lives. These tales weave Devon legends with the lives of real historical figures, written by one of their descendants.
Download or read book Complete Prideaux Ghost Stories written by A. A. Prideaux and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Prideaux Ghost Stories are weird and unusual tales about 28 generations of the de Pridias, now known as Prideaux, family. My family and my ancestors. Each generation is my blood link from 1011 AD and reaches through my grandfather Clifford who died in 1963, to me. The last story in this collection is about Clifford Prideaux. I haven't yet written about Dorothy, Ann Agnes or Richard Fulke Paganus Prideaux. The stars of my tales lived in the places I write about, walked the lands, which more often than not they owned and played with the people I describe. They took part in great historical events and knew, Kings, Earls, Priors and poets, including Geoffrey Chaucer. They fought in famous wars and sided with well-known individuals and were enemies of others. I have taken liberties with the stories that are told, but surprisingly much of it is - almost true. The prayer exists, the staff belonging to Henry VIII, the books and the documents. John Prideaux was the Bishop of Worcester and I have written about him in far greater detail in The Bishop and The Witch. I do have the cherry pits too, although I am better at growing them than making pies. I see dead people and I have seen the hooded man. The stories can be found in shorter volumes in Cornish Prideaux Ghost Stories, Devon Prideaux Ghost Stories, A Ghost Story, Prideaux Ghost Stories, More Prideaux Ghost Stories, Collected Prideaux Ghost Stories and A Christmas Story.
Download or read book More Prideaux Ghost Stories written by A A Prideaux and published by Paganus Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Prideaux Ghost Stories is the latest in the series of Prideaux Ghost Stories. Chronologically the stories follow those in the book Prideaux Ghost Stories and A Ghost Story and preceding Further Prideaux Ghost Stories. Each story features a generation of the family in my line. The people, houses, villages and timelines are correct in each story. Some features of the stories have either been passed down or added by the author with a great deal of poetic licence. The Bigbury Butcher features Peter Prideaux. This is a tale of mysterious deaths and cruel betrayals in 17th Devon. Will there be any justice? The Ringmore Wraiths features Peter Prideaux, son of the above. This is a story about a terrible beginning in life and how a call for help to beyond the grave can make a real difference. An unusual painting and magic spells conjure release from a lofty prison. The Lanlivery Lights features Peter Prideaux, son and grandson of the above. This story involves underage sex resulting in a trip back to Cornwall where a decades old mining mystery is solved. The Chudleigh Charity features Thomas Peter Prideaux, the son, grandson and great grandson of the above. This is a story of an unpopular wedding and control of a town by devious means. The otherworldly guardians of secret documents don't want to let go.
Download or read book Cornish Prideaux Ghost Stories written by A. A. PRIDEAUX and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cornish Prideaux Ghost Stories is one of the books in the series of the Pridias/Prideaux family throughout the centuries. Blood of the Lyon Men features Paganus de Pridias, Lord of Pridias and the story covers the death of his father Richard and the means by which his mother, Jehanne and his wife Tristen, both pure Melusine women, discover his murderer. The Pattern of One features Richard de Pridias and follows his dealings with Ordagar, the ruthless Prior of Tywardreath and the resulting tragedy which occurs. The Bridge of Incidents features Baldwin de Pridias. His story is about the bridge he built at Ponts Mill and the unusual guardians of the hermitage and the Pridias lands. The Hanged Man features Nicholas de Pridias and his family and the strange events which occur in the woods and the chapel one stormy day. The Jousting Lords features Richard de Pridias and his twin brother Herden. The story takes us to France and the Tournament circuit there and then brings us back to Cornwall where there is a most unusual event. The Priestess features another Richard de Pridias and his meetings with a magical Priestess and the interactions with his sons, who believe he may be suffering from senile decay. I Am Rich features Geoffrey de Pridias who is trying to find the secret documents his dead father Richard, has left for him in a secret place. His determination not to let the documents fall into the wrong hands leads him to a terrifying meeting he did not expect.
Download or read book A Ghost Story with John Prideaux of Stowford 1505 1568 written by Ann Agnes Prideaux and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Paranormal Dorset written by Roger Guttridge and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fabulous collection of ghostly hauntings in Dorset.
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Download or read book A Catalogue of Ten Thousand Tracts and Pamphlets and Fifty Thousand Prints and Drawings Illustrating the Topography and Antiquities of England Wales Scotland and Ireland written by Alfred Russell Smith and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 1396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Long Weekend written by Adrian Tinniswood and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an acclaimed social and architectural historian, the tumultuous, scandalous, glitzy, and glamorous history of English country houses and high society during the interwar period As WWI drew to a close, change reverberated through the halls of England's country homes. As the sun set slowly on the British Empire, the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand stately homes. In The Long Weekend, historian Adrian Tinniswood introduces us to the tumultuous, scandalous and glamorous history of English country houses during the years between World Wars. As estate taxes and other challenges forced many of these venerable houses onto the market, new sectors of British and American society were seduced by the dream of owning a home in the English countryside. Drawing on thousands of memoirs, letters, and diaries, as well as the eye-witness testimonies of belted earls and bibulous butlers, Tinniswood brings the stately homes of England to life as never before, opening the door to a world by turns opulent and ordinary, noble and vicious, and forever wrapped in myth. We are drawn into the intrigues of legendary families such as the Astors, the Churchills and the Devonshires as they hosted hunting parties and balls that attracted the likes of Charlie Chaplin, T.E. Lawrence, and royals such as Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. We waltz through aristocratic soiré, and watch as the upper crust struggle to fend off rising taxes and underbred outsiders, property speculators and poultry farmers. We gain insight into the guilt and the gingerbread, and see how the image of the country house was carefully protected by its occupants above and below stairs. Through the glitz of estate parties, the social tensions between old money and new, the hunting parties, illicit trysts, and grand feasts, Tinniswood offers a glimpse behind the veil of these great estates -- and reveals a reality much more riveting than the dream.
Download or read book The Parochial History of Cornwall written by Davies Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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