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The End of the Road
A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous – and not so famous – tombs, graves and burial sites.
Along the way, he launches a daredevil trespass into Highgate Cemetery at night, stumbles across the remains of the Welsh Druid who popularised cremation and has time to sit and ponder the imponderables at the graveside of the Lady of Hoy, an 18th century suicide victim whose body was kept in near condition by the bog in which she was buried. A truly unique, beautifully written and wonderfully imagined book.
Along the way, he launches a daredevil trespass into Highgate Cemetery at night, stumbles across the remains of the Welsh Druid who popularised cremation and has time to sit and ponder the imponderables at the graveside of the Lady of Hoy, an 18th century suicide victim whose body was kept in near condition by the bog in which she was buried. A truly unique, beautifully written and wonderfully imagined book.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published February 18, 2021
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July 28, 2021
This review first appeared on my blog - https://nsfordwriter.com - on 11th February 2021.
If you love wandering around old cemeteries, reading the inscriptions and thinking about the people from the past, then this book is for you. If you love reading quirky travel adventures and learning about eccentric bits of history, this book is also for you. I really enjoyed it and already know it’s one of my top reads this year.
For almost a month and covering nearly 2000 miles, Jack Cooke drives around Britain in an old hearse, which he sometimes sleeps in. He visits a variety of tombs, memorials, burial sites and less conventional places of rest. He meets some unusual people – some living, some not. I admired his inquisitive spirit and slightly macabre sense of humour. The writing style is brilliant and exactly the kind of prose I like to read. A mixture of travel writing, nature writing, memoir and history, there is never a dull moment. I think that if a younger, more upbeat Bill Bryson was happy to travel Britain while using a hearse as a mobile home, this is the kind of book we’d get. There are a few black and white photographs, but I wouldn’t mind if there were no pictures at all, because the descriptions are enough.
Thank you to HarperCollins for the advance copy via NetGalley.
If you love wandering around old cemeteries, reading the inscriptions and thinking about the people from the past, then this book is for you. If you love reading quirky travel adventures and learning about eccentric bits of history, this book is also for you. I really enjoyed it and already know it’s one of my top reads this year.
For almost a month and covering nearly 2000 miles, Jack Cooke drives around Britain in an old hearse, which he sometimes sleeps in. He visits a variety of tombs, memorials, burial sites and less conventional places of rest. He meets some unusual people – some living, some not. I admired his inquisitive spirit and slightly macabre sense of humour. The writing style is brilliant and exactly the kind of prose I like to read. A mixture of travel writing, nature writing, memoir and history, there is never a dull moment. I think that if a younger, more upbeat Bill Bryson was happy to travel Britain while using a hearse as a mobile home, this is the kind of book we’d get. There are a few black and white photographs, but I wouldn’t mind if there were no pictures at all, because the descriptions are enough.
Thank you to HarperCollins for the advance copy via NetGalley.
February 21, 2021
Hot on the heels of Peter Ross’ A Tomb with a View (which I own but am yet to read) comes another book for taphophiles – The End of the Road by Jack Cooke.
This volume's subtitle is "A journey around Britain in search of the dead", which pretty much sums up what it is all about. Cooke's book is, in fact, a travelogue of sorts that sees the author embark on a tour of graveyards and final resting places across the UK, starting from Dunwich, where the historical cemetery beside the abandoned All Saints’ Church is being eroded and gobbled up by the North Sea, and ending, a month and two thousand miles later, in Orkney. Cooke’s means of transport, the equivalent of Charon’s boat, is, quite appropriately, a vintage, second-hand (or maybe third or fourth hand) hearse, itself nearing the “end of the road”. His companions are the ghosts of the dead and a spider hitchhiker whom Jack affectionately names Enfield.
Cooke’s quirky trip takes in a variety of burial sites – from more conventional graveyards, churchyards and cemeteries (including London’s Highgate and the Glasgow Necropolis), to prehistoric barrows, the “plague cottages” of Eyam and even a show cave which became a burial chamber and memorial following the tragic death of a speleologist.
Cooke is an endearing narrator, combining trivia and historical facts with personal reflection. There is often an element of self-deprecating humour as we watch him scaling cemetery gates, blocking traffic on the highway, or offering lifts to strangers who scurry away in shock. However, what is particularly impressive in what is, ultimately, a book about death, is how uplifting a read it turns out to be. As, at the end of every day, Cooke makes his bed for the night – either in his hearse, or on a grave site – one is struck by a sense of calm and peace, as if the very fact of going to sleep amongst the ghosts is a respectful act of communion with the departed.
The End of the Road is my first read for 2021 and it is, admittedly, a strange start to my reading year. But who thought a trip in a hearse would be so enjoyable?
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This volume's subtitle is "A journey around Britain in search of the dead", which pretty much sums up what it is all about. Cooke's book is, in fact, a travelogue of sorts that sees the author embark on a tour of graveyards and final resting places across the UK, starting from Dunwich, where the historical cemetery beside the abandoned All Saints’ Church is being eroded and gobbled up by the North Sea, and ending, a month and two thousand miles later, in Orkney. Cooke’s means of transport, the equivalent of Charon’s boat, is, quite appropriately, a vintage, second-hand (or maybe third or fourth hand) hearse, itself nearing the “end of the road”. His companions are the ghosts of the dead and a spider hitchhiker whom Jack affectionately names Enfield.
Cooke’s quirky trip takes in a variety of burial sites – from more conventional graveyards, churchyards and cemeteries (including London’s Highgate and the Glasgow Necropolis), to prehistoric barrows, the “plague cottages” of Eyam and even a show cave which became a burial chamber and memorial following the tragic death of a speleologist.
Cooke is an endearing narrator, combining trivia and historical facts with personal reflection. There is often an element of self-deprecating humour as we watch him scaling cemetery gates, blocking traffic on the highway, or offering lifts to strangers who scurry away in shock. However, what is particularly impressive in what is, ultimately, a book about death, is how uplifting a read it turns out to be. As, at the end of every day, Cooke makes his bed for the night – either in his hearse, or on a grave site – one is struck by a sense of calm and peace, as if the very fact of going to sleep amongst the ghosts is a respectful act of communion with the departed.
The End of the Road is my first read for 2021 and it is, admittedly, a strange start to my reading year. But who thought a trip in a hearse would be so enjoyable?
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June 5, 2021
interesting journey in search of the dead but felt missed the personal touch though but still worth reading
November 18, 2021
Jack decided to down tools and travel around the UK hunting various graves and monuments. Fair enough but his mode of travel was an ancient hearse! A very quirky book indeed which almost feels as if the reader is sharing his various adventures on his obscure journey. There are interesting snippets/details, people he meets and his relationship with Enfield….the spider! You don’t even have to read every page if you aren’t interested in any particular area or person. I loved it and would highly recommend this book for anyone who wants something different for a change. I was given this ARC by the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
March 22, 2021
As lockdown continues, so does my enjoyment of books like 'Then End of the Road', which allows me to travel with author Jack Cooke as he drives across Britain in a beat up hearse, exploring graveyards, cemeteries, memorials and other burial grounds.
Cooke's chosen sites of interest range from those I am extremely familiar with to some which I may otherwise have never heard of. Facts were occasionally shaky (no, Jeremy Bentham wasn't actually one of UCL's professors) and there were definitely lost opportunities to dive more deeply into Britain's complicated history with death and bodies, but on the other hand the breadth of stories and histories was impressive, and each and every one captured the imagination.
What I felt was missing from this book was, oddly enough, Cooke himself. While there is a brief sojourn into the personal when he remembers his beloved grandmother, and despite the fact the entire travel-memoir is written from his point of view, I never really felt like I understood why he was on this journey, what connected him to the places or the people he visited. I didn't get a sense of what drove his apparent morbid fascination.
A few too many missed opportunities for me to really love this book, but an enjoyable read all the same.
An ARC was generously provided by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.
Cooke's chosen sites of interest range from those I am extremely familiar with to some which I may otherwise have never heard of. Facts were occasionally shaky (no, Jeremy Bentham wasn't actually one of UCL's professors) and there were definitely lost opportunities to dive more deeply into Britain's complicated history with death and bodies, but on the other hand the breadth of stories and histories was impressive, and each and every one captured the imagination.
What I felt was missing from this book was, oddly enough, Cooke himself. While there is a brief sojourn into the personal when he remembers his beloved grandmother, and despite the fact the entire travel-memoir is written from his point of view, I never really felt like I understood why he was on this journey, what connected him to the places or the people he visited. I didn't get a sense of what drove his apparent morbid fascination.
A few too many missed opportunities for me to really love this book, but an enjoyable read all the same.
An ARC was generously provided by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.
February 19, 2021
What can I say about this book? Being a taphophile (someone who enjoys looking at graves) myself I was very happy when Haprer Collins granted me a copy of Jack Cookes book “The End of the Road” to read before it will be published in February.
The book is both a tourist guide for the grave-hunters and a very personal travelog of a man travelling across Britain in search of the dead in a hearse (Is there a more fitting vehicle for this adventure? I think not.)
Some months ago I read about another trip around Britain, in which the dead played a huge role. But while Edward Parnell describes the landscapes of Britain as places of hauntings and dips into their dark atmosphere, Cooke’s style is full of life and adventure. The graves he is searching for are not necessarily the big ones that everyone knows about. Instead he tells about the weird, the overly stylish or the absolute remote ones that often find themselves in the backyards of houses or wedged between a highway and a place of industry. They are often remains and reminders of times long past.
What makes this book work for me is the dry humour and the many encounters with people living nearby (or having a big graveside in their backyard). Jack Cooke didn’t shy away from climbing graveyard fences at night or swimming across remote Scottish lochs to visit a particular grave. I admire his commitment to the cause - I don’t think I would swim in such cold waters and rather wait until I find a boat.
The only downside to this funny and wonderful book is the fact that it ended too soon and invoked a deep longing in me to go out, travel to Britain again and to look for some of the gravesites the author describes. I found myself constantly googling the things he describes, making up a sizable wish list that will keep me occupied for a long time.
Thank you to Harper Collins and netgalley for giving me a free copy of wonderful book in exchange for an honest review.
The book is both a tourist guide for the grave-hunters and a very personal travelog of a man travelling across Britain in search of the dead in a hearse (Is there a more fitting vehicle for this adventure? I think not.)
Some months ago I read about another trip around Britain, in which the dead played a huge role. But while Edward Parnell describes the landscapes of Britain as places of hauntings and dips into their dark atmosphere, Cooke’s style is full of life and adventure. The graves he is searching for are not necessarily the big ones that everyone knows about. Instead he tells about the weird, the overly stylish or the absolute remote ones that often find themselves in the backyards of houses or wedged between a highway and a place of industry. They are often remains and reminders of times long past.
What makes this book work for me is the dry humour and the many encounters with people living nearby (or having a big graveside in their backyard). Jack Cooke didn’t shy away from climbing graveyard fences at night or swimming across remote Scottish lochs to visit a particular grave. I admire his commitment to the cause - I don’t think I would swim in such cold waters and rather wait until I find a boat.
The only downside to this funny and wonderful book is the fact that it ended too soon and invoked a deep longing in me to go out, travel to Britain again and to look for some of the gravesites the author describes. I found myself constantly googling the things he describes, making up a sizable wish list that will keep me occupied for a long time.
Thank you to Harper Collins and netgalley for giving me a free copy of wonderful book in exchange for an honest review.
March 21, 2021
Being a taphophile myself I really enjoyed this book. Starting in Suffolk where I grew up Jack travels round Britain finding graves with fascinating stories attached to them.Having read Peter Ross's A Tomb wit a view I felt I had more to learn as they both visited different tombs. It's very descriptive and informative both about the countryside and the history of the tombs. An excellent read.
April 22, 2021
I'd describe this as idiosyncratic, but by definition all books of this kind are. Not all wander so freely and over such diverse territory; nor do many authors swim to an island in a chilly Scottish loch to look for graves. Some of his visits are the well-known sites, others much less so - indeed, this is in search of the dead, not just tombs. So it's a kind of road trip with added graves.
February 9, 2021
What a fascinating read! Jack Cooke buys a clapped-out old hearse and, together with a spider he adopts en route, takes it on a tour of some of Britain’s most noteworthy graves and tombs.
There are some hilarious stories, some very sad stories and plenty of “I had no idea!” moments - Jack visits my home county of Derbyshire and even my childhood town and recounts stories that even I didn’t know! Also I will never wander through Waterloo Station again without thinking of the coffin conveyor-belt that once had its own track to take London’s dead out to the suburbs!
The book is incredibly well researched, and in the acknowledgements Jack lists some of the many books he has read in compiling his tour and account. A fantastic read for anyone who has loved spending a while looking through old graveyards and soaking up all the history within.
With thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for an advance copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
There are some hilarious stories, some very sad stories and plenty of “I had no idea!” moments - Jack visits my home county of Derbyshire and even my childhood town and recounts stories that even I didn’t know! Also I will never wander through Waterloo Station again without thinking of the coffin conveyor-belt that once had its own track to take London’s dead out to the suburbs!
The book is incredibly well researched, and in the acknowledgements Jack lists some of the many books he has read in compiling his tour and account. A fantastic read for anyone who has loved spending a while looking through old graveyards and soaking up all the history within.
With thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for an advance copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
February 14, 2022
Such an odd journey that I was glad to take with Jack as my guide.
Would really benefit from a map of locations to follow along with to save me stopping reading to google everything.
Would really benefit from a map of locations to follow along with to save me stopping reading to google everything.
March 24, 2025
Ten minutes into chapter two (I was listening to the audiobook of this) and I'm giving up: a hard no.
Creative non-fiction can be excellent, when the author gets the balance between the factual and the personal just right. (For example, Mudlarking, by Lara Maiklem) IMHO, Jack Cooke has his thumb heavily on the scales in the direction of ... Jack Cooke, as he pursues his researches into the "wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting" burial practices across the UK. I could do without endless digressions about the provenance and unreliability of the ancient hearse he has chosen as his (wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting!!) mode of transport on his odyssey. I could do without walk-ons by the (wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting!) locals who are baffled by his quest. And I could REALLY do without the episode with him in his bath, pretending it's a coffin, and he's imagining his eternal resting place ... Ewwww, and not quixotic, charming and or uplifting at all.
Maybe I could have soldiered on with this, if it hadn't been an audio book. I would have skipped the boring bits (ie, anything about Jack Cooke and the hearse). In the chapter and a bit I listened to, he visited some interesting and surprisingly touching grave sites. (For example, the site of the burial of the crew of a WWI German dirigible, which had plummeted in flames into the Sussex(?) churchyard where they were buried by the locals. The publican who decided to evade bodysnatchers by demanding that his heirs nail his coffin into the rafters of his own pub.)
The audio book also has the disadvantage that I can't go back and check: was it Sussex? No maps,, of course, so you could plot your own tour of quixotic, charming and or uplifting sites. And -- I'm going to be brutal here, and I am very sorry -- the voice. The voice was like fingernails on a blackboard, and reinforced the sense that this is a guy who is less interested in his supposed topic, and more interested in telling me about that time he pretended his bath was a coffin, and how clever his was to choose an unreliable old hearse as his mode of transport.
I'm amazed I mde it into Chapter Two ...
Creative non-fiction can be excellent, when the author gets the balance between the factual and the personal just right. (For example, Mudlarking, by Lara Maiklem) IMHO, Jack Cooke has his thumb heavily on the scales in the direction of ... Jack Cooke, as he pursues his researches into the "wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting" burial practices across the UK. I could do without endless digressions about the provenance and unreliability of the ancient hearse he has chosen as his (wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting!!) mode of transport on his odyssey. I could do without walk-ons by the (wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting!) locals who are baffled by his quest. And I could REALLY do without the episode with him in his bath, pretending it's a coffin, and he's imagining his eternal resting place ... Ewwww, and not quixotic, charming and or uplifting at all.
Maybe I could have soldiered on with this, if it hadn't been an audio book. I would have skipped the boring bits (ie, anything about Jack Cooke and the hearse). In the chapter and a bit I listened to, he visited some interesting and surprisingly touching grave sites. (For example, the site of the burial of the crew of a WWI German dirigible, which had plummeted in flames into the Sussex(?) churchyard where they were buried by the locals. The publican who decided to evade bodysnatchers by demanding that his heirs nail his coffin into the rafters of his own pub.)
The audio book also has the disadvantage that I can't go back and check: was it Sussex? No maps,, of course, so you could plot your own tour of quixotic, charming and or uplifting sites. And -- I'm going to be brutal here, and I am very sorry -- the voice. The voice was like fingernails on a blackboard, and reinforced the sense that this is a guy who is less interested in his supposed topic, and more interested in telling me about that time he pretended his bath was a coffin, and how clever his was to choose an unreliable old hearse as his mode of transport.
I'm amazed I mde it into Chapter Two ...
August 20, 2025
Every story in this book was so fascinating. Each chapter consisted of three or four locations and histories, and every single one of them was just as good as the other. It was honestly impressive – you’d think the laws of probability would mean that some of them were mid-range at least, but no. Cooke clearly has an eye for this kind of story, and he chose well.
This showcases the exact thing I love about living in a place that’s so old. Every single village has a dozen stories like these, and you can’t go anywhere without tripping over thousands of years of history. Books like this really make me want to get out there and explore – I had the delightful experience of opening the first chapter to find it was about Dunwich, a once-thriving medieval town that rivalled London in importance and population, lost to the storms of the North Sea. I had actually visited Dunwich and its surviving single grave just a few weeks before picking this book up, so it was very immersive and easy to imagine the further travels. Funny, I found out about Dunwich from another travel book and that’s the entire reason I was there; this book has given me many other destinations.
From Dunwich to a place only seven miles from my very remote house hundreds of miles north, this book really has the whole scope of Britain. Cooke explores places both known and obscure and has plenty of interesting things to say about all of them. His writing is humorous and compelling and he has the balance right of knowing when to insert his own anecdotes and philosophising and when to stick to the wider story, so everything he writes adds something or pins down the details of such a journey. As tough as I’m sure it was with such temperamental transport, his love of the topic shines through and it honestly looks like a fantastic time. It really has inspired me to start looking at some of my local graveyards a little more closely.
Excellent work. The only inaccuracy I found seems to be regarding his accompanying pet spider who, if spinning a decent web and living longer than a few months, is probably a female rather than a male.
This showcases the exact thing I love about living in a place that’s so old. Every single village has a dozen stories like these, and you can’t go anywhere without tripping over thousands of years of history. Books like this really make me want to get out there and explore – I had the delightful experience of opening the first chapter to find it was about Dunwich, a once-thriving medieval town that rivalled London in importance and population, lost to the storms of the North Sea. I had actually visited Dunwich and its surviving single grave just a few weeks before picking this book up, so it was very immersive and easy to imagine the further travels. Funny, I found out about Dunwich from another travel book and that’s the entire reason I was there; this book has given me many other destinations.
From Dunwich to a place only seven miles from my very remote house hundreds of miles north, this book really has the whole scope of Britain. Cooke explores places both known and obscure and has plenty of interesting things to say about all of them. His writing is humorous and compelling and he has the balance right of knowing when to insert his own anecdotes and philosophising and when to stick to the wider story, so everything he writes adds something or pins down the details of such a journey. As tough as I’m sure it was with such temperamental transport, his love of the topic shines through and it honestly looks like a fantastic time. It really has inspired me to start looking at some of my local graveyards a little more closely.
Excellent work. The only inaccuracy I found seems to be regarding his accompanying pet spider who, if spinning a decent web and living longer than a few months, is probably a female rather than a male.
January 12, 2021
A rather unusual road trip but interesting nonetheless
It’s not everybody who would plan a road trip based on grave sites and use a hearse as a camper van but that’s what happens here. A trip around the countryside looking for lesser known gravesites with histories and unexpected tales. Like the coffin affixed to roof beams to prevent body snatchers, the giant who wanted anonymity and even an island of the dead. It’s no wonder that his dreams are so vivid!
It was an interesting delve into long forgotten celebrities of a sort but I do wonder if it is a little self-indulgent and how his wife feels as he disappears off into his funeral cortège of one.
This book also tells the story of communities, archaeology and natural history and his visit to Scotland sounds like just the tonic to revive ones proximity to life all around.
It’s not everybody who would plan a road trip based on grave sites and use a hearse as a camper van but that’s what happens here. A trip around the countryside looking for lesser known gravesites with histories and unexpected tales. Like the coffin affixed to roof beams to prevent body snatchers, the giant who wanted anonymity and even an island of the dead. It’s no wonder that his dreams are so vivid!
It was an interesting delve into long forgotten celebrities of a sort but I do wonder if it is a little self-indulgent and how his wife feels as he disappears off into his funeral cortège of one.
This book also tells the story of communities, archaeology and natural history and his visit to Scotland sounds like just the tonic to revive ones proximity to life all around.
January 8, 2021
5/5 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
Jack Cooke takes you through some of the most famous and interesting burial sites and tombs in the UK.
It was such an interesting read. Jack Cooke has a unique talent for storytelling, I just couldn't stop reading. Each of the places he visits is delightfully described and the stories about those buried are incredibly interesting and detailed.
Each of the people and tombs featured in this novel carry such rich history in them and the journey is described in a way that allows you to get lost in the book and imagine yourself visiting these places.
Whether you like history, or any other genre, you will enjoy this captivating journey through some of Britain's burial sites.
Thank you SO much Jack Cooke, Harper Collins and NetGalley for this ARC!
Jack Cooke takes you through some of the most famous and interesting burial sites and tombs in the UK.
It was such an interesting read. Jack Cooke has a unique talent for storytelling, I just couldn't stop reading. Each of the places he visits is delightfully described and the stories about those buried are incredibly interesting and detailed.
Each of the people and tombs featured in this novel carry such rich history in them and the journey is described in a way that allows you to get lost in the book and imagine yourself visiting these places.
Whether you like history, or any other genre, you will enjoy this captivating journey through some of Britain's burial sites.
Thank you SO much Jack Cooke, Harper Collins and NetGalley for this ARC!
August 12, 2022
The writer travels around the UK visiting final resting places from sprawling Victorian necropolises to lonely and unusual spots. As someone who loves a walk around a cemetery this was a great book. It has given me some inspo for places to visit and recounts history in an engaging way.
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January 21, 2024
Having now finished the book I’m still not sure why the author did what he did or even determined which graves - or in some cases the place or area where the grave was or their ashes spread- to visit. The author writes the tale quite well meeting some interesting, some boring people along the way.
Overall a different read - and in my case worth it - but why?
Overall a different read - and in my case worth it - but why?
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July 6, 2021Meandering and without a solid purpose (maybe I'm just projecting because of wounds still lingering from a professor's uncomplimentary comments on an observational poem I wrote about a visit to a cemetery), but some of it was interesting.
February 12, 2023
Interesting travelogue/memoir/miscellany relating to all things death in Britain. Gave me a Robert Macfarlane vibe in the best segments and schoolkid "what I did on my holiday" in its worst. Worth having the internet handy to look up the various places/things he visits.
February 1, 2021
What a fascinating book. Well written with a lovely balance of humour and pathos.
My head is full of those 'did you know' facts that are the stuff that pub quizzes are made of.
My head is full of those 'did you know' facts that are the stuff that pub quizzes are made of.
May 8, 2021
A fascinating account of one mans journey around the weird and wonderful graveyards and memorials of Britain .Amazing stories to tell and really enjoyed this book .
October 7, 2021
Really loved this book as I love walking round graveyards! Well written, funny, sad, all emotions felt!
January 11, 2022
More flowery prose than I can be bothered to wade through.
May 12, 2022
I adored this book from start to finish. As a Taphophile myself I read each page in wonderment and at times envy. Beautifully written. Sequel maybe?
April 17, 2023
I won't be travelling in a second hand hearse, but there are certainly graves I want to visit , thanks to this book!
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July 4, 2023
An interesting theme, using an old hearse to drive around to some of Britain's more obscure and lesser known cemeteries and individual graves, of both famous people and not so famous.
January 24, 2024
Such an enjoyable, fun, informative read!
October 23, 2024
Very enjoyable and informative travelogue. Recommended
January 4, 2025
Cute, certainly quirky book.
The information was interesting although the story as a whole wasn't that gripping.
I did enjoy it so 3.5/5 stars
The information was interesting although the story as a whole wasn't that gripping.
I did enjoy it so 3.5/5 stars
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February 14, 2026This one is a bit different, but I found it interesting.
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July 11, 2021This is the third book on the subject I've read in the past month or so and this, for me, was by far the best.
The author traverses the country from Dunwich to Orkney in a battered hearse with a resident spider called Enfield for company in search of graves of the famous, infamous, eccentric and downright weird.
A cracking read and I fully forgive his faux pas on page 286 where he states Lord Lucan left his car near Dover when in fact he left it in the back streets of Newhaven.
Highly recommended.
The author traverses the country from Dunwich to Orkney in a battered hearse with a resident spider called Enfield for company in search of graves of the famous, infamous, eccentric and downright weird.
A cracking read and I fully forgive his faux pas on page 286 where he states Lord Lucan left his car near Dover when in fact he left it in the back streets of Newhaven.
Highly recommended.
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