A Tomb With a View

The Stories and Glories of Graveyards

A Tomb With a View
Peter Ross
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NZ$ 29.99
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NZ$ 23.99
Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 368pg
5 Aug 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781472267788
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' 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 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. So push open the rusting gate, push back the ivy, and take a look inside. . .
I' m a card-carrying admirer of Peter Ross - Robert MacfarlaneHis stories are always a joy - Ian RankinNever 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' HaganA startling, delight-filled tour of graveyards and the people who love them, dazzlingly told. - Denise Mina
Peter Ross is an award-winning journalist. A nine-times winner at the Scottish Press Awards and shortlisted for the Orwell journalism prize, he is a regular contributor to the Guardian and The Times. He is the author of the non-fiction collections Daunderlust and The Passion Of Harry Bingo, the latter shortlisted as non-fiction book of the year at the Saltire Society literary awards. He lives in Glasgow with a view of the tombs.

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