The Angel of Mons Phantom Soldiers and Ghostly Guardians,9780470862780

The Angel of Mons Phantom Soldiers and Ghostly Guardians

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780470862780
ISBN10: 0470862785
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-04-01
Publisher(s): WILEY
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Summary

The Angel of Mons recounts the tale of the advancement of German troops through Mons in 1914, to meet the ill-prepared British Expeditionary Force. The British troops were forced to retreat, with little hope of saving the lives of those at the front. It is in these extreme circumstances that many of the wounded and dying soldiers brought back from the Western Front, reported having been rescued by strange angelic forms in the sky that protected them from massacre - The Angel of Mons. David Clarke follows this and other myths and rumours in an effort to trace the reality behind the Angel of Mons and discover what it was the soldiers saw.

Author Biography

David Clarke is an acknowledged expert on supernatural beliefs of twentieth century war. He has written seven books on strange phenomena and UFOs and has been an advisor on this subject both to print and broadcast media. He teaches on traditions of supernatural belief at the Centre for English Folklore studies at the University of Sheffield.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1(228)
1 The unseen host
16(21)
2 The Battle of Mons
37(30)
3 Rumours of war
67(23)
4 The sinister genius
90(17)
5 The birth of a legend
107(28)
6 Ministering angels
135(22)
7 Angels that refuse to die
157(19)
8 Phantoms of No Man's Land
176(30)
9 The hidden hand
206(23)
10 Myth or miracle? 229(18)
Appendix: 'The Bowmen', by Arthur Machen 247(4)
Bibliography 251(4)
Notes and references 255(12)
Index 267

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