The Banshee
$20.00
The original 1913 edition, meticulously preserved. This edition moves beyond the sterile, mass-market reproductions often found today to bring you a premium Collector’s Facsimile. Every page maintains the historical pagination and aesthetic of the source text, paired with a bespoke cover design unique to this imprint.
Elliot O’Donnell’s The Banshee (1913) is a spirited exploration of one of Ireland’s most haunting and enduring supernatural legends—the wailing spirit said to foretell death in ancient Gaelic families. Blending folklore, history, and first-hand ghost-hunting accounts, O’Donnell traces the Banshee’s origins, regional variations, and the eerie psychology of belief itself. His prose moves deftly between scholarly commentary and spine-tingling anecdote, animating mist-shrouded castles, family curses, and spectral voices that echo across centuries. The result is both an ethnographic study and a thrilling compendium of ghostlore—a work that feels as much like a fireside tale as a folklore thesis, offering readers the uncanny pleasure of learning and shivering at once.
