A View from a Hill (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

<p>A young academic visits a secluded country estate and is loaned a pair of unusual old binoculars. Climbing a local hill to enjoy the landscape he uses the field-glasses only to see a world radically different from the one he expects: the binoculars do not show the present day but a desolate terrifying version of the past. The scene he observes is a sinister landscape steeped in ancient malice complete with signs of long-forgotten burial sites and the chilling figure of something which belongs to the earth.</p><p>From the mind of M. R. James the acknowledged master who redefined the ghost story for the 20th century and founded the 'antiquarian ghost story' genre comes a chilling tale where an ordinary view reveals a terrifying truth.</p><p>This story is a quintessential example of James' genius for combining creeping dread with a chilling supernatural premise making it essential reading for fans of classic ghost stories and supernatural fiction and proving that the past is sometimes only a lens away.</p>