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Description edit
Necropolis is a luminous, oddly beguiling account of how London has treated its dead, ranging from Roman burial rites to the horrors of the plague, from the founding of the great Victorian cemeteries to the more recent trends of collective grief and the cult of mourning, such as that... read more
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Characters/People edit
- St Paul: Add a description of this character.
- Henry Foe
- Diana
- Walker
- John Claudius Loudon
- Wren
- Stephen Geary
- Pere Lachaise
- Edwin Chadwick
- Pepys
- Mrs Isabella Holmes
- Brookwood
- Anne
- Prince Albert
- Pugin
- Elizabeth
- Cromwell
- Henry Thompson
- Rossetti
- Williams
- Charles Ii
- Haden
- Lutyens
- Charlie
- William Robinson
- Nell
- St Giles
- Nelson
- Swain
Setting & Locations edit
- London Cemetery Company
- Highgate
- England
- Britain
- France
- Woking
- Europe
- Wellington
- Paris
- Portland
- Germany
- Aldgate
- Enon Chapel
- City Of London
- Spitalfields
- Glasgow
- Soho
- America
- Portugal Street
- Whitehall
- Nunhead
- Long Acre
- Marylebone
- Rome
- Italy
- Lord Mayor Of London
Authors & Contributors edit
- Catharine Arnold (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: March 1, 2007
ISBN: 978-0743268332
Page Count: 320 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: March 1, 2007
ISBN: 978-0743268332
Page Count: 320 pages
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 941
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