{"id":131,"date":"2016-12-08T11:51:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T11:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=131"},"modified":"2017-04-04T11:04:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T10:04:51","slug":"now-available-agnes-of-grimstone-peverell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=131","title":{"rendered":"Now Available: &#8216;Agnes of Grimstone Peverell&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B01N5CVO8Z\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-215\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/5-Agnes-of-Grimstone-Peverell-Cover-13-March-2017-644x1024.jpg?resize=474%2C754\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"754\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yesterday, I finished the final edit of \u2018Agnes of Grimstone Peverell\u2019 \u2013 a wry-humoured ghost story for Christmas \u2013 and submitted it to Amazon, which, for some unfathomable reason, has listed H.E. Bulstrode as the author twice over: perhaps the company has seen it fit to gift me with a doppelganger. To celebrate its publication I treated myself to a viewing of Noel Coward\u2019s \u2018Blithe Spirit,\u2019 which in its light and witty tone treats the subject of the supernatural very much in the same vein as my own humble offering. The blurb follows below. I hope that you enjoy it.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Agnes of Grimstone Peverell<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On a bitterly cold day in December 2009, the Smallwoods find themselves enjoying the Victorian Christmas market in the little-known Dorset town of Grimstone Peverell. Chilled to the marrow, they retire to the town\u2019s minster where they are accosted by an enthusiastic guide, who knows a great deal about some things, yet next to nothing about that which would, to most people, seem obvious; she seems keen not to let them go, but return to London they must \u2013 Lionel has a play to review. That, at least, is his intention.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For a preview (or to purchase, for the very modest price of 99p, or to read free of charge if you are a Kindle Unlimited subscriber), please click on one of the following links:<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For the UK: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B01N5CVO8Z\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B01N5CVO8Z\/<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For the US: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B01N5CVO8Z\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B01N5CVO8Z\/<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For Canada: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/dp\/B01N5CVO8Z\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/dp\/B01N5CVO8Z\/<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; 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The tomb has managed to survive the ages, but their effigies have not escaped the attentions of those\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ghost Stories&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tomb-Wimborne-Minster-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":156,"url":"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=156","url_meta":{"origin":131,"position":3},"title":"A Stained Glass Mystery","date":"9th January 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Whilst writing Agnes of Grimstone Peverell, a festive ghost story with ecclesiastical connections, I was searching around for an authentic late-nineteenth-century stained glass artist whom I could cite as being the creator of a particular window featured in the story. 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