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Buried Alive
A History of Premature Burials and Accidental Interments
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781036111700
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-01-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
240 Pages
The macabre meets the factual in this spine-chilling exploration of humanity's darkest fear: being buried alive. From ancient folklore to modern medical marvels, Buried Alive delves deep into the annals...
Buried Hollywoodland
The Cemeteries of Los Angeles
Price: $24.99
ISBN: 9781625451538
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Pub Date: 2024-12-01
Format: Paperback
Imprint: America Through Time
96 Pages
Los Angeles is home to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood; it's an "industry" town through and through. But the movie business isn't its only industry. The City of Angels is also home to the most influential...
Death and the Victorians
A Dark Fascination
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399082556
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2024-04-27
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
This entertaining and accessible romp through Victorian culture challenges many traditional perceptions of the era.
Strange Ways to Die in History
The Heroic, Tragic and Funny
Price: $36.95
ISBN: 9781399045520
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2024-03-23
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
192 Pages
Over 100 of the weirdest deaths in recorded history.
Rituals of Death
From Prehistoric Times to Now
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781399098373
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2023-02-22
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
176 Pages
We all must die, and how society deals with the disposal is fascinating in the way it reflects the beliefs of the people of the time and ways in which they honor or do not honor the dead.
Famous Last Words
Confessions, Humour and Bravery of the Departing
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781526770899
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2021-06-14
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
216 Pages
Nothing focuses the mind more starkly than impending death. Its inevitable spectre greets us all; from princes to paupers and nobility to the needy. Prepare to mount the scaffold and share in the final...
A Noble Way to Go
Deaths of English, Scots and Irish Peers, 1100-1900
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 9781781557136
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Pub Date: 2020-04-16
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Fonthill Media
144 Pages
Owners of estates and titles in the peerages of England, Scotland and Ireland were more, rather than less, likely than ordinary people to experience dramatic and gruesome deaths and certainly more likely to have them recorded.
Only Love Breaks Open the Tombs
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 9781847308061
Publisher: Veritas Company LTD
Pub Date: 2018-09-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Veritas
162 Pages
A book about providing pastoral care to the terminally ill; it explores `the delicate subject of the accompaniment of the human being at the end of life.' so that a patient's final days may be lived with dignity and meaning.
Buried Alive
A History of Premature Burials and Accidental Interments
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781036111700
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-01-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
240 Pages
Buried Hollywoodland
The Cemeteries of Los Angeles
Price: $24.99
ISBN: 9781625451538
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Pub Date: 2024-12-01
Format: Paperback
Imprint: America Through Time
96 Pages
Death and the Victorians
A Dark Fascination
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399082556
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2024-04-27
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
224 Pages
Strange Ways to Die in History
The Heroic, Tragic and Funny
Price: $36.95
ISBN: 9781399045520
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2024-03-23
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
192 Pages
Rituals of Death
From Prehistoric Times to Now
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781399098373
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2023-02-22
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
176 Pages
Famous Last Words
Confessions, Humour and Bravery of the Departing
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781526770899
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2021-06-14
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
216 Pages
A Noble Way to Go
Deaths of English, Scots and Irish Peers, 1100-1900
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 9781781557136
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Pub Date: 2020-04-16
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Fonthill Media
144 Pages
Only Love Breaks Open the Tombs
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 9781847308061
Publisher: Veritas Company LTD
Pub Date: 2018-09-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Veritas
162 Pages