Esswood House. Home and estate of the Seneschal family, aristocratic
patrons of the literary arts for well over a hundred years. D. H.
Lawrence, T. S. Eliot, Ford Madox Ford, and Henry James were privileged
to call themselves guests and Esswood Fellows. Even minor poets such as
Isobel Standish found Esswood's refined atmosphere an inspiration for
her work. There was always talk of a hidden secret in Esswood's
past--and the Seneschal children were often so pale and sickly--but
don't all English manor houses have a few ghost stories to call their
own?
When Professor William Standish receives the rare honor of an Esswood
Fellowship, and the chance to study Isobel's private manuscripts at
close hand, he is thrilled beyond his wildest ambitions. But upon
arriving, something seems slightly strange at Esswood House. He hears
faint laughter in the halls, the pitter-pattering of small feet in the
night; strange faces appear in the windows of the library, and of
course, there are those giant dollhouses in the basement....
Never before published as a separate volume, Mrs. God is a very
different kind of ghost story from one of America's most celebrated
authors.
"Peter Straub is a national treasure." --Lawrence Block
