{"product_id":"9781472267788-retail-a-tomb-with-a-view-the-stories-glories-of-graveyards-scottish","title":"A Tomb With a View - The Stories \u0026 Glories of Graveyards: Scottish","description":"**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 Bl","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737481097435,"sku":"9781472267788-RETAIL","price":22.94,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/dbbd07fb-730f-4dd9-bcc2-77f99faedf18.jpg?v=1777743192","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781472267788-retail-a-tomb-with-a-view-the-stories-glories-of-graveyards-scottish","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}