London

By David Brandon

Subjects: Cultural Policy, Anthropology, Popular Culture, Death, Manners and customs, Hanging, Executions and executioners, London (england), social life and customs, Prisons, Capital punishment, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Social life and customs, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Cultural, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Public Policy, History, London (england), history

Description: London: City of the Dead is a groundbreaking account of London's dealing with death, covering the afterlife, execution, bodysnatching, murder, fatal disease, spiritualism, bizarre deaths and cemeteries. Taking the reader from Roman London to the 'glorious dead' of the First World War, this is the first systematic look at London'd culture of death, with analysis of its customs and superstitions, rituals and representations. The authors of the celebrated London: The Executioner's City weave their way through the streets of London once again, this time combining some of the capital's most cu.