Did the sexton of the Dieppe church really attend a meeting of the living dead? What was a Victorian military hero whose grave was vandalised doing in Caen? Why was an opera dedicated to the cruel and violent medieval lord whose ruined castle stands on a promontory near Rouen? When were hundreds of human skeletons piled up under the roofs? Uncover some of Normandy's most amazing historical secrets!

Author of hundreds of articles in the national and international press, and former editor-in-chief of several major magazines, Serge Van Den Broucke is a French journalist and writer specialising in history and heritage.