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Catharine Arnold Necropolis (Paperback). Ghoulishly entertaining and full of fascinating nuggets of information, Necropolis leaves no headstone unturned in its exploration of our changing attitudes to the deceased among us. Title: Necropolis. Further DetailsTitle: Necropolis Condition: New Description: From Roman burial rites to the horrors of the plague, from the founding of the great Victorian cemeteries to the development of cremation and the current approach of metropolitan society towards death and bereavement -- including more recent trends to displays of collective grief and the cult of mourning, such as that surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales -- NECROPOLIS: LONDON AND ITS DEAD offers a vivid historical narrative of this great city's attitude to going the way of all flesh. As layer upon layer of London soil reveals burials from pre-historic and medieval times, the city is revealed as one giant grave, filled with the remains of previous eras -- pagan, Roman, medieval, Victorian. This fascinating blend of archaeology, architecture and anecdote includes such phenomena as the rise of the undertaking trade and the pageantry of state funerals; public executions and bodysnatching. Ghoulishly entertaining and full of fascinating nuggets of information, Necropolis leaves no headstone unturned in its exploration of our changing attitudes to the deceased among us. Both anecdotal history and cultural commentary, Necropolis will take its place alongside classics of the city such as Peter Ackroyd's LONDON. Author: Catharine Arnold EAN: 9781416502487 Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781416502487 Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 130mm Item Width: 1mm ISBN-10: 1416502483 Genre: History Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Publisher: Simon & Schuster Release Date: 03/05/2007 Item Weight: 243g Subtitle: London and Its Dead Topic: Society & Culture, Social Sciences Release Year: 2007 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
