Tomb With a View - The Stories & Glories of Graveyards: A Financial Times Book of the Year

A Tomb With A View is a book by Peter Ross that explores the stories and glories of graveyards, including the outcast dead of London, the remarkable truth about Phoebe Hessel, and the perfect wedding venue for goths. It has won the Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award 2021 and the Financial Times, I Paper, and Stylist Book of the Year.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 05 August 2021
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

In his captivating book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us on a journey from Flanders Fields to Milltown, Kensal Green, melancholy islands, and surprisingly lively ossuaries. This thoughtful and moving exploration delves into the timely subject of how the dead are remembered and how they continue to work beneath the surface of our lives.

Hilary Mantel praises Ross as a wonderfully evocative writer, adeptly capturing a sense of place and history while infusing his subject with deep humanity. The Guardian describes the book as delightful, while the Financial Times praises its pages for bursting with life and anecdote while also examining our relationship with remembrance.

Among the year's most surprising sleeper successes, A Tomb with a View has emerged. In a year marked by significant loss, the author's humanity has served as a beacon of light in the darkness. The Sunday Times praises the book for its fascinating insights, while the Observer finds it to be a lively elegy to Britain's best burial grounds.

The Evening Standard hails it as one of the non-fiction books of the year, and the i paper recognizes it as one of the best books for Christmas 2020. Stylist also praises the book, calling it brilliant and stating that it never has a book about death been so full of life.

This book reveals much gravity in the humor and many stories in the graveyard, showcasing Peter Ross as one of the finest non-fiction writers. James Joyce and Charles Dickens would have loved it, as it reveals much gravity in the humor and many stories in the graveyard.

Weight: 260g
Dimension: 129 x 196 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472267788