London: City of the Dead

by David Brandon and Alan Brooke

A groundbreaking account of London's relationship with death, this book covers the afterlife, execution, bodysnatching, murder, fatal disease, spiritualism, bizarre deaths, and cemeteries. Taking the reader from Roman London to the "glorious dead" of World War I, this is the first systematic look at London's culture of death, with analysis of its customs and superstitions, rituals and representations. The authors of the celebrated London: The Executioner's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750946334
• ISBN13: 9780750946339
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"