Full name: Necropolis: London and Its Dead

Author: Catharine Arnold Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Historical fiction, Anthology Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781416502487 1416502483

Layer upon layer of London soil reveals burials from pre-historic and medieval times. The city is one giant grave, filled with the remains of previous eras. The Houses of Parliament sit on the edge of a former plague pit; St Paul's is built over human remains; Underground tunnels were driven through forgotten catacombs, thick with bones. A society can be judged by the way it treats its dead, and this is especially true of London. 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 cult of mourning that surrounded the death of Diana, Princess of Wales - Necropolis leaves no headstone unturned in its exploration of our changing attitudes towards the deceased among us. This book is part of the "Catharine Arnold's London" series. Here are some other books from this series: "City of Sin" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: London Under by Peter Ackroyd Old London Bridge by Patricia Pierce Queer City by Peter Ackroyd The Great Stink of London by Stephen Halliday Underground London by Stephen Smith London by Roy Porter London by Peter Ackroyd City of Sin by Catharine Arnold London by Roger Hudson Dirty Old London by Lee Jackson Georgian London: Into the Streets by Lucy Inglis The Victorian City by Judith Flanders 1700 by Maureen Waller London in the Nineteenth Century by Jerry White Victorian London by Liza Picard The Sexual History of London by Catharine Arnold Bedlam by Catharine Arnold Pandemic 1918 by Catharine Arnold Ambivalent Conquests by Inga Clendinnen A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by Adam Rutherford