- This is an exciting ghostly adventure by a much-loved, award winning author. Remember Sir Walter Raleigh who laid his cloak in a puddle for Queen Elizabeth I to walk across? Well, Bess meets his ghost and finds out he"s her ancestor! How"s she going to explain him to her family, especially when he breaks her brother"s fishing rod, steals a horse and smokes cigars in her room? Will Sir Walter wreak havoc or save her family"s home?