A tomb with a view : the stories & glories of graveyards /
by Ross, Peter (Peter Alan).
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BookPublisher: London : Headline, 2021Description: xvi, 351 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781472267788 (pbk.) :; 1472267788 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 941 ROSSubject(s): Cemeteries -- Great Britain -- History | History | History | European history | Social & cultural history | Sociology & anthropology | Sociology: death & dying | Travel writing | Great Britain -- HistorySummary: Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning journalist Peter Ross uncovers the stories and glories of graveyards. Who are London's outcast dead and why is David Bowie their guardian angel? How did a thousand skulls come to be stacked beneath a church in Kent? Why is the music hall star who sang 'I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside' buried on a hillside in Glasgow far from the sound of the silvery sea? All of these sorrowful mysteries - and many more - are answered in 'A Tomb with a View', a book for anyone who has ever wandered through a field of crooked headstones and wondered about the lives and deaths of those who lie beneath.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book - Adult Paperback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 941 ROS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 04/11/2024 | 003120797X |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning journalist Peter Ross uncovers the stories and glories of graveyards. Who are London's outcast dead and why is David Bowie their guardian angel? How did a thousand skulls come to be stacked beneath a church in Kent? Why is the music hall star who sang 'I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside' buried on a hillside in Glasgow far from the sound of the silvery sea? All of these sorrowful mysteries - and many more - are answered in 'A Tomb with a View', a book for anyone who has ever wandered through a field of crooked headstones and wondered about the lives and deaths of those who lie beneath.
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