Description
In a quiet churchyard, a newly unearthed skull reveals a history of brutality—its injuries hinting at both violence and the chilling precision of trepanning. As investigators trace the buried past, a century-old secret burial emerges around a coffin marked only with the initials “R.D.,” drawing them toward a web of hidden identities and long-buried motives. Blending historical mystery with gothic unease, this novel explores the persistence of the past, the fragility of truth, and the way institutions can conceal what they cannot explain. Sheridan Le Fanu’s atmospheric, puzzle-driven storytelling—so influential that it helped inspire James Joyce’s *Finnegans Wake*—turns every clue into a doorway, inviting readers to question what lies beneath the surface of memory and place.
Available Editions
ebook
The Floating Press
Published Jan 1, 2009
1107 pages
ISBN: 9781775415305
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First Published
1863
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The House by the Churchyard by Sheridan Le Fanu.