{"product_id":"9781036156589","title":"Memorials to the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003eEngland's oldest identifiable cemetery was established over 10,000 years ago, founded before the first bricks of the pyramids were laid. Since then, the English have memorialised their dead in ever-changing ways, providing taphophiles with a glorious pick-and-mix of social histories and archaeological mysteries on their doorstep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn churchyards and cemeteries across England, curious monuments rise between the graves; beautiful, unusual, striking and downright… odd. Memorials to the Dead chronicles over 100 of the grandest and strangest graves on English soil-including many obscure memorials unknown to most local residents and cemetery enthusiasts-unveiling a little-known world of death and remembrance that exists alongside our own. From the graves of circus performers to 'time machines', a man killed by 'small beer' and a Victorian grave so popular that it launched its own line of merchandise, \u003cem\u003eMemorials to the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e presents a fascinating overview of England's best-hidden histories in atmospheric and detailed photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cherrell, Kate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56780688753026,"sku":"9781036156589","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781036156589.jpg?v=1784714155","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781036156589","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}