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A Christmas Ghost Story

Carol Ann Duffy, DBE author Vivien Mildenberger illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:6th Nov '25

Should be back in stock very soon

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An enchating new Christmas poem from Carol Ann Duffy, former Poet Laureate, accompanied by gorgeous illustrations.

An enchanting new Christmas poem from Carol Ann Duffy, former Poet Laureate, accompanied by gorgeous illustrations from Vivien Mildenberger.It’s Christmas Eve in London’s financial district. A billionaire in his penthouse suite is visited by the ghost of Sarah Whitehead, the grief-stricken nun who has haunted the Bank of England for hundreds of years. What follows is a spellbinding journey through the night and around the globe as the ghost shows the billionaire the human suffering on which his excessive wealth depends. A gorgeously illustrated tale for our times with all the magic of Dickens, reminding us that love is the greatest treasure of all.

ISBN: 9781529083972

Dimensions: 139mm x 131mm x 11mm

Weight: 114g

40 pages