Why, how and where do we inter our dead? How do we set out to remember them? The Pyramids of Giza, the catacombs and columbaria of Rome and the cenotaphs erected to the world’s war dead are but some of the answers. In inimitable style, Roger Luckhurst probes the often moving, sometimes contested ways in which people throughout history have responded to the ‘problem’ of laying the dead to rest.

Blending history, art, literature and popular culture, Graveyards explores the various different aspects of the treatment of the dead. Chapters range from early burials and the emergence of necropolises and catacombs, to grave-robbing, garden cemeteries and the perilous overcrowding of the urban dead, to monuments for deceased heroes and rulers and the development of modern memorial culture. The products of our persistent fascination with graveyards are everywhere in literature, art, film and television, and Luckhurst engages these cultural afterlives alongside grave sites’ particular social and historical contexts.

Illustrations throughout offer insights into the rich and unusual visual culture of the grave: helpful guides and provisions for the afterlife, tender dedications, gravestones and effigies sit with memento mori paintings, artistic visions of the underworld and stills from classic horror. Beautifully designed and carefully researched, this book takes a lyrical, unexpected look at graveyards as both site and symbol.

WORLD EXPERT ON DRACULA – Text by world Dracula expert Roger Luckhurst, the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Dracula and the Oxford World’s Classics edition of Dracula

HOURS OF SPOOKY FUN – Stalk graveyards, climb castle stairs and fraternize with the undead – all from the comfort of home!

THE PERFECT GIFT – Illustration-led, highly finished jigsaw and illustrated poster for maximum gift appeal

AMAZING ARTWORK – Adam Simpson’s intricately drawn world is bursting with minute detail

GOOD SIZE – Completed puzzle measure 48.5 x 68 cm (19 x 27 in.)

ENTER CASTLE DRACULA… IF YOU DARE

Immerse yourself in the Gothic World of Dracula in this stunning jigsaw puzzle by Adam Simpson. Packed with characters from the story, the illustration includes all the key scenes from the novel in incredible detail – every piece has something to capture the imagination. This richly rewarding puzzle is accompanied by an illustrated poster and explanatory text by leading Dracula expert Roger Luckhurst detailing who’s who in the Count’s grisly world.

With over 350 illustrations