A tomb with a view - Peter Ross

**WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021**

**A FINANCIAL TIMES, I PAPER AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR**

'In his absorbing book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us from Flanders Fields to Milltown to
Kensal Green, to melancholy islands and surprisingly lively ossuaries . . . a considered and
moving book on the timely subject of how the dead are remembered, and
how they go on working below the surface of our lives.' - Hilary Mantel

'Ross is a wonderfully evocative writer,
deftly capturing a sense of
place and history, while bringing a deep
humanity to his subject. He
has
written a delightful book.' - The Guardian

'The pages burst with life and anecdote while also examining our relationship with remembrance.' - Financial Times (best travel books of 2020)

'Among the year's most surprising "sleeper" successes is A Tomb with a View. In a year with so much death,
it may have initially seemed a hard sell, but the author's humanity has
instead acted as a beacon of light in the darkness.'
- The Sunday Times

'Fascinating . . . Ross makes a likeably idiosyncratic guide and
one
finishes the book feeling strangely optimistic about the
inevitable.' - The Observer

'Ross has written [a] lively elegy to Britain's best burial grounds.' - Evening Standard (*Best New Books of Autumn 2020*)

'One of the non-fiction books of the year.' - The i paper (*2020 Best Books for Christmas*)

'Brilliant.' - Stylist (*Best Christmas books for Christmas 2020*)

'Never has a book about death been so full of life. James Joyce and
Charles Dickens would've loved it - a book that reveals much gravity in
the humour and many stories in the graveyard. It also reveals Peter
Ross to be among the best non-fiction writers in the country.' - Andrew O'Hagan

'His stories are always a joy.' - Ian Rankin

'I'm a card-carrying admirer of Peter Ross.' - Robert Macfarlane

'A startling, delight-filled tour of graveyards and the people who love them, dazzlingly told.' - Denise Mina

'A phenomenal, lyrical, beautiful book.' - Frank Turner

'A walk through the graveyards of Britain guided by one of the most engaging wordsmiths willing to take you by the hand.' - The Big Issue (*Best Books 2020*)

'A celebration of life and of love. It confronts our universal fate but
tends towards a comforting embrace of mortality. It is also imbued
with something deeply moving.' - The Herald

'Beautifully written and strangely life affirming.' - Norman Blake, Teenage Fanclub

For readers of The Salt Path, Mudlarking, Ghostland, Kathleen Jamie and Robert Macfarlane.


Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning
writer
Peter Ross uncovers the stories and glories of graveyards. Who are
London's outcast dead and why is David Bowie their guardian angel? What
is the remarkable truth about Phoebe Hessel, who disguised herself as a
man to fight alongside her sweetheart, and went
on to live in the reigns of five monarchs? Why is a Bristol cemetery
the perfect wedding venue for goths?

All of these sorrowful mysteries - and many more - are answered in A Tomb With A View, a book for anyone who has ever wandered through a field of crooked headstones and wondered about the lives and deaths of those who lie beneath.

So push open the rusting gate, push back the ivy, and take a look inside...