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 The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Knowledge and The Biblical Archaeology Society, and joined one of the first Women's Suffrage Societies. Once Miss Edwards settled in the Bristol area, s