{"product_id":"behind-the-plaster","title":"Behind the Plaster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Strange Things Hidden Inside Britain’s Old Buildings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA cracked wall reveals a hidden doorway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA chimney gives up a child’s shoe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bottle filled with pins waits beneath a threshold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA suitcase remains packed inside an attic gable, while a box beneath the stairs holds keys to locks that vanished generations ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain’s historic buildings contain a second history behind their visible rooms. Concealed within walls, floors, fireplaces, roofs and sealed spaces are the objects people protected, feared, forgot or could not bring themselves to discard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Behind the Plaster, Robin Wickens explores fifty strange and revealing discoveries from Britain’s old houses, cottages, inns, theatres and other buildings. Worn garments, pierced hearts, animal skulls, prayer cards, photographs, maps, letters and forgotten mechanisms open windows onto lives rarely preserved in official records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome objects may have guarded households against witchcraft or supernatural harm. Others commemorate loss, conceal money, preserve private relationships or record the labour of servants, builders and children. A few appear mysterious only because an ordinary explanation disappeared while the object remained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlending folklore, social history, historical archaeology and dry British humour, this book asks not merely what was found, but why it was placed there and how responsibly we can interpret it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are not simple ghost stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey are stories of fear made physical, affection folded into cloth and memory sealed behind brickwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe walls have kept the evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow they are beginning to give it back.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robs Books","offers":[{"title":"PDF","offer_id":58268956721496,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Epub","offer_id":58268956754264,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Flip Book","offer_id":58268956787032,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0929\/9768\/1496\/files\/behind-the-plaster-2055732.png?v=1788282630","url":"https:\/\/robsbooks.com.co\/products\/behind-the-plaster","provider":"Robs Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}