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A Christmas Ghost Story

By Carol Ann Duffy, DBE
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It’s Christmas Eve in London’s financial district. A billionaire in his penthouse suite is visited by the ghost of Sarah Whitehead, the grief-stricken nun who has haunted the Bank of England for hundreds of years. What follows is a spellbinding journey through the night and around... Read More
Format: Hardback
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A Christmas Ghost Story

An enchating new Christmas poem from Carol Ann Duffy, former Poet Laureate, accompanied by gorgeous illustrations from Vivien Mildenberger.

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It’s Christmas Eve in London’s financial district. A billionaire in his penthouse suite is visited by the ghost of Sarah Whitehead, the grief-stricken nun who has haunted the Bank of England for hundreds of years.

What follows is a spellbinding journey through the night and around the globe as the ghost shows the billionaire the human suffering on which his excessive wealth depends.

A gorgeously illustrated tale for our times with all the magic of Dickens, reminding us that love is the greatest treasure of all.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529083972

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 November 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Picador

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Vivien Mildenberger

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 120.0mm

Height: 130.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 40

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About the Author

Carol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Children's Verse, the Whitbread, Forward and T. S. Eliot Prizes, and the Lannan and E. M. Forster Prize in America. She was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2019. Her many collections include Mean Time, Love Poems and The Bees, which won the Costa Poetry Award. Her writing for children includes Queen Munch and Queen Nibble, The Skipping-Rope Snake and The Tear Thief. She was made a DBE in the 2015 New Year Honours list. In 2021, she was awarded the international lifetime achievement award the Golden Wreath for her achievements in poetry.

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