Ghost talkers

304 pages

English language

Published Feb. 26, 2016

ISBN:
978-0-7653-7825-5
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OCLC Number:
955634776

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3 stars (1 review)

"Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Harford, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force ... Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence of her fiancé to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining things"--Amazon.com.

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3 stars

I loved the premise of the British Army using mediums to communicate with soldiers killed in battle in order to find out more about enemy troop movements.  This takes place in 1916 during World War I in France during the Battle of the Somme.This book is a great historical fantasy/mystery but it also addresses issues of class and race in the British Army at the time.







  • Ginger is the American niece of the titular head of the Spirit Corps.  She attends all the briefings because she is better suited for that duty.  Her aunt is in charge though because she is a Lady.

  • The most powerful medium is a West Indian woman named Helen.  She isn't known to be the mastermind behind the program because she is black and the army command won't consider listening to her.

  • Indian soldiers aren't trained on how to report in after death.  They feel …

Subjects

  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Traitors
  • Military intelligence
  • Fiction
  • Americans
  • Mediums
  • Special operations (Military science)
  • History

Places

  • England
  • London