The White Devil

The Dead Poet's Society/Secret History meets The Turn of the Screw - a campus novel that is also a haunting ghost story.

Andrew Taylor is sent by his father to spend his final year at the prestigious public school Harrow. It is an eccentric place, a rambling ancient building filled with England's elite and entrenched in its past, with traditions that date back hundreds of years. Shortly after he arrives, the other pupils notice Andrew's striking resemblance to Lord Byron, a former pupil of Harrow and Andrew is persuaded by Persephone, the headmaster's daughter, to play Byron in the school's forthcoming play. This is where his troubles begin.

Before long Andrew senses a malevolent presence haunting his footsteps. Jokes are made about 'The Lot Ghost' but when a classmate dies and Andrew spots a white figure bending over the corpse, the ghost suddenly becomes all too real. Soon another classmate falls ill and Andrew finds himself increasingly drawn into a nightmare...