LITTLE BOOK OF DEATH (PB)

Spanning thousands of years, from the Palaeolithic era to the twenty-first century, this book explores the wide-ranging beliefs of different cultures and religions, bewitching and bittersweet mythology, and burial rites past and present. Inside you will discover a brief history of death; different death rites and burial practices performed across the world; how death has been portrayed in mythology, literature and poetry; what death means to different people – and more.