The Tudor chapters were fascinating, but things started to slow down for me after that, as the author got into material I knew better. I could have read much more about those centuries, although so little seems to be left above ground to mark them. I hadn’t realized that the Danse Macabre (or Machabray) had ever come to England from the continent. The book really grabbed me when it explored the plague pits of the medieval Black Death. I was thoroughly fascinated by the earliest chapters of this book, since those are the times I am the least familiar with. I would have liked to hear much more about the earliest burials in the area.Īnd I would have liked to read more about the Roman-era graves as well. The book opens with the Bronze Age tumulus on Parliament Hill, which the author calls one of the oldest burial grounds in the city, predating Highgate Cemetery by over 4000 years. London is basically built on layer upon layer of graves.
Necropolis: London and Its Dead by Catharine Arnold
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