No Ordinary Deaths: A People's History of Mortality by Molly Conisbee #foliosociety I enjoyed every page and

I enjoyed every page and read it in a single sitting' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN

elliptical and which is uncompromising in its desire to forge a voice that is curious and open to change

revealing the intricate dance of love and duty at the edge of an interstellar conflict

Lara Maiklem has been scouring the banks of the tidal Thames looking for objects – lost or discarded – that tell forgotten stories

No Ordinary Deaths: A People's History of Mortality by Molly Conisbee #foliosociety I enjoyed every page andHistory is dominated by A list deaths: queens beheaded; archdukes assassinated. But what about everyone else? How did ordinary people depart this life and grieve for loved ones and which of the old ways might help us prepare for the end? Our ancestors, living closer to death than we do, had a more intimate and integrated relationship with death as a familiar presence in daily life. From the death watchers of the Middle Ages to the pomp of Victorian