Overview
When American journalist Richard O. Jones sets foot on English soil, he discovers an impossible gift: he can see the dead. What begins as a six-week holiday through Britain with his girlfriend Barbara becomes a pilgrimage through centuries of forgotten lives. From Tudor coachmen to Roman soldiers, from wrongly hanged pirates to bishops erased by time, the restless dead gather around Richard-their first witness in centuries. Part supernatural travelogue, part Canterbury Tales reimagined, A HAUNTED PICARESQUE explores what the dead need most: not revenge, but simply to be remembered.
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Author: Richardojones
Publisher: Richard O Jones
Imprint: Richard O Jones
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9798233778414
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 26 January 2026
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
About Richard O Jones After 25 years writing the first draft of history as a writer and editor for his hometown newspaper, the Hamilton Journal-News, Richard O Jones left the grind of daily journalism in the fall of 2013 for a life of true crime. He is the author of two books on the History Press imprint, Cincinnati's Savage Seamstress: The Shocking Edythe Klumpp Murder Scandal (October, 2014) and The First Celebrity Serial Killer: Confessions of the Strangler Alfred Knapp (May, 2015). In 2016, he began a twice-weekly podcast ""True Crime Historian"" (www.truecrimehistorian.com) where he tells stories of the scoundrels, scandals and scourges of the past through newspaper accounts in the golden age of yellow journalism. He created the Two-Dollar Terror series of novella-length ebooks. Mr. Jones, a creative writing graduate of Miami University, Ohio, spent most of his career as an arts journalist and has won numerous awards for his reviews and profiles. In 2004, he was named a Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts Theatre and Musical Theatre program at the Annenberg School of Journalism. The Ohio Associated Press named him Feature Writer of the Year in 2011. Since leaving the newspaper world, Mr. Jones has become an active member of his local history community as a board member of the Butler County Historical Society, a member of the History Speakers Bureau and a regular presenter at Miami University in a program titled ""Yesterday's News."" The Michael J. Colligan History Project of Miami University presented Mr. Jones with a Special Recognition for Contributions to Public History for his coverage of the Centennial Commemoration of the Great Flood of 1913. Photo by Sandra M. Orlett
