LoginThe Victorian Book of the Dead
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Chris Woodyard, author of the The Ghosts of the Past series, digs through long-buried newspapers and journals, for this fascinating look at the 19th-century obsession with the culture of death. The Victorian Book of the Dead unearths extraordinary tales of Victorian funeral fads and fancies, ghost stories, bizarre deaths, mourning novelties, gallows humor, premature burial, post-mortem photographs, death omens, and funeral disasters. Resurrected from original sources, these accounts reveal the oddities and eccentricities of Victorian mourning. Packed with macabre anecdotes, this diverting, yet gruesome collection presents tales
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Manufacturer: Kestrel Publications
Release date: 28 September 2014
ISBN-10 : 0988192527 | ISBN-13: 9780988192522
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Release date: 28 September 2014
ISBN-10 : 0988192527 | ISBN-13: 9780988192522
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