Once that was sorted though I did enjoy the book but it didn't really give me anything new. It reads a lot younger than I was expecting (especially as it is classed as Nonfiction (Adult) on Netgalley...) and the illustrations don't really get across the impact of some of the things we're reading about (such as ghost photos etc).

From haunted ranches to epic maritime legends of the 19th century, devour stories of our world’s oldest hauntings and unexplainable phenomena in hair-raising accounts of the afterlife.Whether people believe in ghosts or not, for centuries, they have been at the forefront of stories within cultural beliefs, literature, television and film. This book has collected some myths and legends surrounding ghosts and presents them in sections from Premodernity right through to the Twenty First Century. Gabriel Byrne’s Broadway Solo Show ‘Walking with Ghosts’ To Close Early After Box Office StruggleGabriel Byrne’s Broadway solo show Walking With Ghosts will play its final performance on Sunday, November 20, a week shy of a month after its Oct. 27 opening at the Music Box Theatre. The closing … This book has been put together in a fantastic way and the text complements the illustrations perfectly. I adored the illustrations. They were so detailed and I could spend hours looking at the end papers and finding something new that I may have missed. At the end the author has included a list of key figures who are associated with ghosts, a further reading list and also a section listing films that have portrayed ghosts. It was brilliant to see that the 1984 version of Ghostbusters and also Beetlejuice were included. This book is part of Adam Allsuch Boardman’s Illustrated History series which gives an introduction into the history and culture of ghosts and all things unexplained.

As someone with an interest in this subject, I could follow it fine but I don't know how a new to subject reader would fare. It could be a good introduction but for a younger audience.An Illustrated History of Ghosts is the latest instalment by Adam Allsuch Boardman in his Illustrated History series. This was my first time encountering Boardman's work but based on the premise and being published by Nobrow, I was expecting something aimed at older readers and either principally visual or prose/sequential art in tandem. (Akin to books like Luke Healy's Americana, also published by Nobrow.) Get to the heart of the unexplainable in Adam’s third addition to the “llustrated History” series filled with private seances and ectoplasm to spiritual mediums and spirit photography galore. Fans of conspiracy and strange phenomena will transport themselves across the centuries through diagrammatic illustrations paired with well-researched facts about exorcism, mediums, ghost photos, talking boards, andconnections to after life. Kyrie Irving Has 'Productive, Understanding' Meeting With Adam SilverKyrie Irving Has 'Productive, Understanding' Meeting With Adam Silver - RealGM Wiretap