The Phantom Coach (1864)
A ghost story by Amelia B Edwards (1831- 1892) Born in London in 1831,Amelia B (Blandford) Edwards was a novelist, musician,journalist,poet, travel writer and a leading Egyptologist. Her contribution in the latter field was particularly noteworthy, being a founder of The Egypt Exploration Society in 1882. Miss Edwards travelled in to Upper Egypt, and her book of observations and illustrations were first published as A Thousand Miles Up The Nile in 1877- and republished in 1982 and 1986. Her account of travels in The Dolomites - Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys (1872) is not quite so highly regarded, but still highlighted a region that her readership was unlikely to have visited. Miss Edwards was also a member of...