Enter a grave new world in this acclaimed book as 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.
