The Undiscovered Country by Carl Watkins
We know what happens to the body when we die, but what happens to the soul? The result is an enthralling journey into Britains past, from medieval hauntings on the Yorkshire moors and eccentric memorials on the Cornish coast to seances in Victorian kitchens and gallows tales from a Bristol gaol.
A first-class study of British attitudes to death and dying from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.. A fascinating work of social history that is both scholarly and accessible to general readers * Financial Times *
Watkins has a gift for conveying a feeling of place, and is good at conjuring up the dead, lifting the veil so that we can have a peek into the grave and beyond * Good Book Guide *
Elegant and constantly fascinating * The Times *
Watkins is one of those rare guides who never overstays his welcome. He wears his research lightly as he journeys around the British landscape, teasing out themes and cultural shifts from the particulars of individual lives -- Iain Sinclair * Guardian *
Outstanding ... This may be a book about death but, paradoxically, it is one filled with intelligence and life * Sunday Times *
Watkins has a gift for conveying a feeling of place, and is good at conjuring up the dead, lifting the veil so that we can have a peek into the grave and beyond * Good Book Guide *
Elegant and constantly fascinating * The Times *
Watkins is one of those rare guides who never overstays his welcome. He wears his research lightly as he journeys around the British landscape, teasing out themes and cultural shifts from the particulars of individual lives -- Iain Sinclair * Guardian *
Outstanding ... This may be a book about death but, paradoxically, it is one filled with intelligence and life * Sunday Times *
Born and bred in Warwickshire, Carl Watkins read history at Cambridge, where he is now lecturer in medieval history and a fellow of Magdalene College. He writes about belief and has published on the history of ghosts, the afterlife, saints and folklore. His first book, History and the Supernatural in Medieval England, was published by CUP in 2007, and he has contributed to a forthcoming Cambridge history of medieval England. He has also appeared on Radio 3’s Night Waves, in a number of programmes for Radio 4’s series The Long View and on a number of television documentaries. He lives in Cambridge.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847921406 |
| ISBN 10 | 184792140X |
| Title | The Undiscovered Country |
| Author | Carl Watkins |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2013-01-17 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for The PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2014 (UK) |
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