No Ordinary Deaths

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A surprisingly lively history of funerary rituals and mourning... These engaging essays offer valuable insights into the lives and deaths of ordinary men and women * Sunday Times * There surely won't be a better study of the subject than Conisbee's * Literary Review * Insightful and thoughtful ... a valuable addition to your bookshelf * Who Do You Think You Are * Fascinating * BBC History Magazine * A compelling work of social history, exploring how we died - and how we lived -- Judith Flanders, author * Rites of Passage: Death and Mourning in Victorian Britain * A beautifully written and thought provoking journey through the world of death. It addresses our human compulsion to mark the end of life and how that has changed over time. It reminds us that often we are where we are, because of what others have chosen to do before us. Life affirming -- Professor Sue Black, author * All That Remains: A Life in Death * An excellent survey ... impressive * Scottish Legal News * No Ordinary Deaths is written with care, passion and clarity that fascinates and leaves the reader, perhaps surprisingly, with life-affirming awe. An excellent new addition to the social history bookshelves * buzz magazine * By introducing us to the hidden histories of those who perished in obscurity, Conisbee provides fascinating glimpses of attitudes to death through the ages -- Catharine Arnold, author * Necropolis: London and Its Dead * A rich and moving history of our changing relationship to one of life's few certainties: death. Molly Conisbee is a sensitive and empathic guide as she encourages us to look to the past to deepen our understanding of loss and grief. A captivating read -- Chris Pearson, author * Collared * A fascinating and moving account of the ways, over the last 500 years, people have prepared for death, and grieved and mourned for those who have already made that final journey -- Edward Parnell, author * Ghostland *