{"product_id":"ghosts-of-the-british-museum-a-true-story-of-colonial-loot-and-restless-objects-paperback","title":"Ghosts of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoah Angell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn artist investigates strange goings on at the British museum - and uncovers a maelstrom of disquiet within its corridors, galleries and vaults\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An absorbingly creepy travelogue through the corridors, tunnels and basements of our most famous cultural repository. With Noah Angell as our guide, the British Museum becomes a haunted prison filled with imperial plunder and restless spirits clamouring for attention.\" - Malcolm Gaskill, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ruin Of All Witches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fascinating and illuminating\" - Peter Ackroyd\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliantly delicate, pointed, shivery... You could read it as a guide to which galleries to avoid - or to where the push for repatriation should be most urgent.\" - Erin L. Thompson, professor of art crime at the City University of New York\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Achieves a near-impossible marriage between paranormal pop-culture, folklore and hauntology\" - Roger Clarke, author of \u003ci\u003eA Natural History of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A heady cocktail of history and folklore that leaves a haunting aftertaste... Spine-tingling\" - Lindsey Fitzharris, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Facemaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat if the British Museum isn't a carefully ordered cross section of history but is in instead a palatial trophy cabinet of colonial loot - swarming with volatile and errant spirits?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When artist and writer Noah Angell first heard murmurs of ghostly sightings at the British Museum he had to find out more. What started as a trickle soon became a deluge as staff old and new - from overnight security to respected curators - brought him testimonies of their supernatural encounters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It became clear that the source of the disturbances was related to the Museum's contents - unquiet objects, holy plunder, and restless human remains protesting their enforced stay within the colonial collection's cabinets and deep underground vaults. According to those who have worked there, the institution is heaving with profound spectral disorder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhosts of the British Museum \u003c\/i\u003efuses storytelling, folklore and history, digs deep into our imperial past and unmasks the world's oldest national museum as a site of ongoing conflict, where restless objects are held against their will.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoah Angell\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and artist who works with orally transmitted forms such as storytelling and song. This work has led him to collaborate with the Polar Museum in the north of Norway, while working in North Carolina on a documentary film on gospel singer Connie B. Steadman, and in London, where he has collected testimony of the ghosts that haunt the British Museum. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in the US, he was resident in London for over a decade and now lives in Berlin. This is his first book.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 7.74 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756901523789,"sku":"9781800961357","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/SXBvPgRoPn9781800961357.webp?v=1776754778","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/ghosts-of-the-british-museum-a-true-story-of-colonial-loot-and-restless-objects-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}