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An interesting look at death and burial in the city of London over the centuries, as well as society‘s attitudes toward death It‘s full of facts, and does sometimes feel like it‘s skipping around a bit, so this would be a good for reading in chunks rather than straight through. This book was published in 2006, so although it‘s not dated, it does end “early,” with the most recent historical event covered being the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005.

A history of the disposal of the dead in London through two millennia.

Lots of interesting detail. The main focus is on the Victorians but Roman, medieval and 20th century London all get a look in. The book ends with the funerals of Diana and of Ronnie Kray. There are definitely sections which are not for the squeamish.

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This book features at least one cemetery or #graveyard, so there might be #ghostly occurrences going on, right?

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This was a rather interesting non-fiction book about London's cemeteries. I am not creeped out by the dead or graveyards, I find it very interesting indeed.

I read it years ago while I was actually writing a paper on German cities and how epidemics spread within cities before sewer systems and ground water wells were introduced.

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