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Dr Maddy Pelling

@maddypelling

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No I will not be taking suggestions as to what I'm gesturing about here. Final day of the shoot today and we're off to some pretty iconic London locations... by @maddypelling
Just a bit excited to reveal the cover for my new book HOAX: TRUTH AND LIES IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT "Here lies Fanny Lynes, whose whispers from beyond the grave set London alight with scandal. Here swings Mary Bateman, who lived a life of solace and lies - and died a prophetess and murderer. Here stands Mary Willcocks. Or is it Anne Burgess? Or perhaps Princess Caraboo, from the distant island of Javasu? A ghost. A witch. A princess. Three transgressive women, fighting for their lives in the shadows of the Enlightenment. The discoveries emerging from the laboratories and libraries of 18th century Britain unsettled as much as they excited. Rationalism jarred with superstition. Who was - and was not - to be believed in this ferocious battle for certainty? From the chaos, these women and their hoaxes rose as symbols of terror and fascination. But were their lies entirely their own? And at what cost did they come to the those around them? Questioning culpability and complicity, Madeleine Pelling's engrossing history of this great age of the hoax reveals a veiled world of moral panic, tall tales and true crime, and holds a mirror to our own turbulent relationship with the truth." Coming May 2026. Available for pre-order NOW!!! by @maddypelling
Absolutely thrilled to share the new, completely beautiful cover for the paperback of Writing on the Wall, out on 3 April! What a beautiful job @profile.books have done with this. I couldn't be happier. Swipe for some blush-inducing endorsements... #writingonthewall #history #historybook #historynonfiction #profilebooks #afterdarkpodcast #historyhit #graffiti #historicgraffiti by @maddypelling
Did people believe that William Kent was innocent? Join Maddy Pelling to find out about one London's most infamous hauntings. Ghosts of London now streaming on History Hit 🎬 by @maddypelling
Swipe for end of day realness 📷 @anthonydelaneyhistory by @maddypelling
Bringing all the Victorian winter vibes to @historyhit this Christmas... by @maddypelling
The vibes are festive, the cameras are rolling 🎬🎥 Let's play where are Maddy and @anthonydelaneyhistory ... by @maddypelling
Come along on a shoot with History Hit while we film Ghosts of London! by @maddypelling
Something not quite right about this headstone... Can you spot it? by @maddypelling
Have you heard of the ghost of CockLane?👻 🎬Ghosts of London, stream now on History Hit. by @maddypelling
October 1759 is the start of one of London’s most infamous ghost stories... @maddypelling explores this story in our newest documentary, based on her book with @profile.books ! 👻 Ghosts of London, stream now on History Hit. by @maddypelling
Would you cope with living in the tight, noisy quarters of a Georgian lodging house? And what about if you had to share that space with a ghost? Ghosts of London: The Haunting of Cock Lane out now on History Hit by @maddypelling

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