Catharine Arnold read English at Cambridge and holds a further degree in psychology. A journalist, academic and popular historian, her previous books include the novel Lost Time, winner of a Betty Trask award, and the acclaimed Necropolis: London and Its Dead, Bedlam and City ofSin, the first three volumes of her 'London' series. She lives in Nottingham.
"A finely written, thoroughly researched and humane book, packed
with moving stories." --"Independent "
"Elegantly written and richly anecdotal." --"Daily Mail "
"Everything you always wanted to know about perishing in London."
--"Kirkus Reviews" on "Necropolis"
"What a dark undertow tugs away at the reader's imagination in this
smoothly written, densely researched book." --"Sunday Express"
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