Rites of Passage

By Judith Flanders,

Book cover of Rites of Passage: Death and Mourning in Victorian Britain

Book description

'Nobody knows more about everyday life in Victorian Britain than Judith Flanders' - Douglas Robert-Fairhurst, author of Metamorphosis and The Turning Point

In Rites of Passage, acclaimed historian Judith Flanders deconstructs the intricate, fascinating, and occasionally - to modern eyes - bizarre customs that grew up around death and mourning…

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It was about a fascinating subject and was factual, insightful and a good read