The History of Death: Burial Customs and Funeral Rites, from the Ancient World to Modern Times by Michael Kerrigan

The History of Death: Burial Customs and Funeral Rites, from the Ancient World to Modern Times

Michael Kerrigan

192 pages • first pub 2007 (view editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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In the bestselling tradition of Stiff, this book expands on the subject of death, traveling across continents and centuries to reveal how distinctively various cultures react to the human's final act. From the medieval French funerals of kings and...

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