A Tomb With a View – The Stories & Glories of Graveyards: Scottish Non-fiction Book of the Year 2021

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'In his absorbing book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us from Flanders Fields to Milltown to Kensal Green, to melancholy islands and surprisingly lively ossuaries . . . a considered and moving book on the timely subject of how the dead are remembered, and how they go on working below the surface of our lives.' - Hilary Mantel'Never has a book about death been so full of life. James Joyce and Charles Dickens would've loved it - a book that reveals much gravity in the humour and many stories in the graveyard. It also reveals Peter Ross to be among the best non-fiction writers in the country.' - Andrew O'Hagan'His stories are always a joy' - Ian Rankin'I'm a card-carrying admirer of Peter Ross' - Robert Macfarlane'A startling, delight-filled tour of graveyards and the people who love them, dazzlingly told.' - Denise Mina'A phenomenal, lyrical, beautiful book.' - Frank TurnerFor readers of The Salt Path, Mudlarking, Ghostland, Kathleen Jamie and Robert Macfarlane.Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning writer Peter Ross uncovers the stories and glories of graveyards. Who are London's outcast dead and why is David Bowie their guardian angel? What is the remarkable truth about Phoebe Hessel, who disguised herself as a man to fight alongside her sweetheart, and went on to live in the reigns of five monarchs? Why is a Bristol cemetery the perfect wedding venue for goths?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.So push open the rusting gate, push back the ivy, and take a look inside...(P)2020 Headline Publishing Group Limited
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2020

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781472267818
Related ISBNs:
9781472267795, 9781472267788
Publisher:
Headline
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Copyrighted By:
Peter Ross
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Narrated By:
Peter Ross
Categories:
Nonfiction, Travel, Art and Architecture, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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