Necropolis by Catharine Arnold

Description

London and Its Dead. This covers the period from Roman times to date, with emphasis on the periods of the Black Death, the Victorian era and the Second World War. It details some of the grisly aspects of death and various cemetery related scandals and gives much hard factual information about London cemetries. 320pp

Catharine Arnold is an author, journalist and academic, who began her writing career on the Nottingham Post.  A former City Councillor and Sheriff of Nottingham, she lives in Nottingham.