A Ghost Story: John Prideaux of Stowford (1505-1568)

John Prideaux is a gentleman residing in a large Stowford house with his wife and two sons. He and his wife Ann are part of the influential Devon set of the mid 16th C. At a weekly dinner party, John tells a ghost story. Attending were Parson William Hele, a gentleman rector at St. Petrocs in Harford. He was a single man with an apparent secret. Thomas and Joan Rogers were cousins to the Prideauxs by marriage and spent a lot of time with the family. Robert and Sybil Fox were also cousins and took their regular turn at the weekly dinner party. Adam and Alice Williams, more cousins by marriage, were their close friends and close neighbours. The ghost story sends the men of the party on an adventure through one of the worst winter storms that Dartmoor had experienced. What follows at St Petrocs church in Harford was remembered down the Prideaux line until today.

About the Author

A A Prideaux has Cornish beginnings and currently lives in North Wales following several adventures and moves around the British Isles. Although writing fills up her days, she still spends as much time as possible roaming Cornwall and researching the family history. A A Prideaux has traced her line back almost 1000 years to Paganus Prideaux. She rides and trains her horses to have a cushy life and ensures her dogs are able to sleep on the sofa watching television as much as possible. Shudder was published in 2013 and the small market town of Bramley, Leeds was used as the stage setting for the unusual story. This was Bramley as it was prior to the redevelopment which occurred during the 60s and 70s. The story came to A A Prideaux in a dream. She felt that she should write it down so that she would be able to close the book and keep it in the freezer if necessary. Why? To keep Shudder away... The Specials is a murder mystery and is the first book about the detectives featured in the story. A A Prideaux intends to bring the murder team back to solve further mysteries. The Bishop and the Witch is about an ancestor of AA Prideaux, and the fictionalized version of a witch trial he was involved in. A A Prideaux is fanatical, almost obsessive about her history and already shares freely much of the information she has discovered about the Prideaux line on her website, www.aaprideaux.com. Bishop John Prideaux is the star of this full length novel, but other members of her ancestors are having part of their lives told in the short story series about the family currently being published. A Ghost Story is the first in this series. It may seem odd to begin with the 1505 ancestor, but the release date was Halloween and his story fit. There will be 30 odd short stories ultimately, ranging from 1040 to the present day. A Christmas Story is features another ancestor. The Nirvana series are self help books instructing in the use of the power of imagination in successfully creating your world.

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