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A Tomb With a View: The Stories and Glories of Graveyards

`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…

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