{"product_id":"circles-of-stone-weird-tales-of-pagan-sites-and-ancient-rites","title":"Circles of Stone : Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites","description":"\u003cp\u003eBritish Library Tales of the Weird #44.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the wood the grey stone rose from the grass, and she cried out and ran back in panicked terror. ‘What a silly little girl,’ the nurse had said. ‘It’s only the stone.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStanding stones, stone circles, tumps, barrows and ancient clearings still remain across the British Isles, and though their specific significance may be obscured by the passing of time, their strange allure and mysterious energy persist in our collective consciousness. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAssembled here in tribute to these relics of a lost age are accounts of terrifying spirits haunting Stonehenge itself, stories of awful fates for those who impose modernity on the sacred sites and grim tales in which unwitting trespassers into the eternal rites of pagan worship find themselves part of an enduring legacy of blood. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo represent the breadth of the sub-genre, authors include Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood and Rosalie Muspratt alongside lesser-known writers from the periodicals and journals of the British Library collections.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katy Soar (editor)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45616417145089,"sku":"9780712354592","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-1296.png?v=1727187074","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/circles-of-stone-weird-tales-of-pagan-sites-and-ancient-rites","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}