A Tomb With A View The Stories And Glories Of Graveyards
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A Tomb With A View The Stories Glories Of Graveyards
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Author : Peter Ross
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-09-03
A Tomb With A View The Stories Glories Of Graveyards written by Peter Ross and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-03 with Social Science categories.
A FINANCIAL TIMES, I PAPER AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR '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 'Ross is a wonderfully evocative writer, deftly capturing a sense of place and history, while bringing a deep humanity to his subject. He has written a delightful book.' - The Guardian 'The pages burst with life and anecdote while also examining our relationship with remembrance.' - Financial Times (best travel books of 2020) 'Among the year's most surprising "sleeper" successes is A Tomb with a View. In a year with so much death, it may have initially seemed a hard sell, but the author's humanity has instead acted as a beacon of light in the darkness.' - The Sunday Times 'Fascinating . . . Ross makes a likeably idiosyncratic guide and one finishes the book feeling strangely optimistic about the inevitable.' - The Observer 'Ross has written [a] lively elegy to Britain's best burial grounds.' - Evening Standard (*Best New Books of Autumn 2020*) 'One of the non-fiction books of the year.' - The i paper (*2020 Best Books for Christmas*) 'Brilliant.' - Stylist (*Best Christmas books for Christmas 2020*) '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 For 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.
A Tomb With A View The Stories And Glories Of Graveyards
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Author : Peter Ross
language : en
Publisher: Headline
Release Date : 2021-08-05
A Tomb With A View The Stories And Glories Of Graveyards written by Peter Ross and has been published by Headline this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-05 with Cemeteries categories.
"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"--Publisher's description.
These Silent Mansions
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Author : Jean Sprackland
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2020-02-06
These Silent Mansions written by Jean Sprackland and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-06 with Nature categories.
'A refreshingly original meditation... I wish I had written it myself' Literary Review Graveyards are oases: places of escape, peace and reflection. Liminal sites of commemoration, where the past is close enough to touch. Yet they also reflect their living community - how in our restless, accelerated modern world, we are losing our sense of connection to the dead. Jean Sprackland - the prize-winning poet and author of Strands - travels back through her life, revisiting her once local graveyards. In seeking out the stories of those who lived and died there, remembered and forgotten, she unearths what has been lost.
The Magnificent Seven
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Author : John Turpin
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2011-01-15
The Magnificent Seven written by John Turpin and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-15 with Architecture categories.
A fascinating history of seven Victorian London cemeteries - 'works of art', created as much for the living as they were for the dead.
Burying The Dead
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Author : Lorraine Evans
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Burying The Dead written by Lorraine Evans and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Burial categories.
The Study Of Sociology
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Author : Herbert Spencer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
The Study Of Sociology written by Herbert Spencer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with categories.
The Victorian Cemetery
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Author : Sarah Rutherford
language : en
Publisher: Shire Publications
Release Date : 2009-05-19
The Victorian Cemetery written by Sarah Rutherford and has been published by Shire Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-19 with History categories.
The Victorian period has been described as the 'Great Age of Death'. The customs of death, notably burial and mourning, were taken very seriously and elaborate rituals of commemoration were part of everyone's lives. As demand grew for hygienic and dignified burial places, the humble parish graveyard - unable to cope - was joined by a newcomer to the landscape, the garden cemetery. Sarah Rutherford tells the story of Victorian cemeteries in their many guises, of the variation in their size, design, planting and monuments, and how most of them survive to this day. Some, having been neglected, taking on a gloomy Gothic character, while others remain an oasis of rest and contemplation. All are tangible reminders of the Victorian approach to death, and the author helps to remind us of the importance of their visual and architectural qualities.
Gravestones Tombs And Memorials
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Author : Trevor Yorke
language : en
Publisher: Countryside Books (GB)
Release Date : 2010
Gravestones Tombs And Memorials written by Trevor Yorke and has been published by Countryside Books (GB) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Burial categories.
A concise well-illustrated guide to the types of funerary memorials to be found in the churchyards of England. Yorke describes the different types of gravestones, effigies and tombs, and gives guidance on development, dating and regional variations. There are also sections on iconography, and on epitaphs.
The Christian Invention Of Time
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Author : Simon Goldhill
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-02-03
The Christian Invention Of Time written by Simon Goldhill and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
Time is integral to human culture. Over the last two centuries people's relationship with time has been transformed through industrialisation, trade and technology. But the first such life-changing transformation – under Christianity's influence – happened in late antiquity. It was then that time began to be conceptualised in new ways, with discussion of eternity, life after death and the end of days. Individuals also began to experience time differently: from the seven-day week to the order of daily prayer and the festal calendar of Christmas and Easter. With trademark flair and versatility, world-renowned classicist Simon Goldhill uncovers this change in thinking. He explores how it took shape in the literary writing of late antiquity and how it resonates even today. His bold new cultural history will appeal to scholars and students of classics, cultural history, literary studies, and early Christianity alike.
London S Cemeteries
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Author : Darren Beach
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-07
London S Cemeteries written by Darren Beach and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07 with Travel categories.
This pocket guide gives you all the information you'll need to explore over 80 cemeteries to be found in the capital. The book gives detailed reviews for each cemetery including where all the most notable people are buried from Rudyard Kipling to Karl Marx.