**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...
