Sinister stories set in Europe, where evil and lonely souls haunt the living, 'Black Spirits and White' will take you on a journey to the strange and the supernatural. Through Cram's superb flair for atmospheric story-telling, he takes us on a narrative tour of the dark and shadowy world of spirits. With six ghost stories to disquiet your mind, the brilliance of Cram takes us to France, Austria, Italy and Sweden to savour the sad and wretched entities that dwell within the realm of the living and the dead.

Ralph Adams Cram, born in New Hampshire in 1863, was an eminent American architect who remains more famous for his works in the field of architecture than for his fiction. He wrote many books on architecture, but only a single, slim volume of ghost stories which were collected in the present volume entitled "Black Spirits and White," originally published in 1895.

Cram was much inspired by the tradition of European folk tales, many of which contain elements of the supernatural, and he brings to this tradition his own distinctly modern American slant.

The tales have at their...

Towards the Great Peace is a classic World War One history by Ralph Adams Cram. World War One was a progressive revelation and disillusionment. Therein, everything so carefully built up during the preceding four centuries was tried as by fire, and each failed--save the indestructible qualities of personal honour, courage and fortitude.

"Black Spirits and White" from Ralph Adams Cram. Prolific and influential American architect of collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings (1863-1942).

"Towards the Great Peace" from Ralph Adams Cram. Prolific and influential American architect of collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings (1863-1942).