Completely off-the-wall, It's a Plot is a fascinating geographical and historical journey around Britain. The Tibetans have the Book of the Dead. This is Ann Treneman's Book of the Dead Interesting. The Times writer, best known for her hilarious parliamentary sketches, has branched out--to graveyards. In this riveting book--part travelogue, part biography, part social history--she takes you to the best graves in Britain. You'll meet the real War Horse, the best funambulist ever, Byron and his dog Boatswain, prime ministers, queens and kings, Florence Nightingale and her pet baby owl Athena,…mehr
Completely off-the-wall, It's a Plot is a fascinating geographical and historical journey around Britain. The Tibetans have the Book of the Dead. This is Ann Treneman's Book of the Dead Interesting. The Times writer, best known for her hilarious parliamentary sketches, has branched out--to graveyards. In this riveting book--part travelogue, part biography, part social history--she takes you to the best graves in Britain. You'll meet the real War Horse, the best funambulist ever, Byron and his dog Boatswain, prime ministers, queens and kings, Florence Nightingale and her pet baby owl Athena, highwaymen, scientists, mistresses, the real James Bond and, of course, M. Then there are writers, painters, poets, rakes and rogues, victims, the meek and mild--and the just plain mad. This unique book is made up of 100 entries, each telling the story of one or more graves. Some of the graves are chosen for who is in them, others for the grave itself. Some of the entries are humorous, some are poignant, but all tell us something about the British way of death. At times absurd, at times astounding, in It's a Plot, Ann Treneman proves an excellent guide to the Anglo-Saxon underworld!
Ann Treneman: Ann Treneman is the parliamentary sketchwriter for The Times. Born in Iowa City, Iowa in 1956, but she grew up in McMinnville, Oregon. She lives in north London.
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London - Central 1. Jeremy Bentham 2., 3. William Franklin, William Hewson 4. Horatio Nelson 5. Postman's Park 6. The Unknown Warrior London - North and West of the Thames 7. James Barry 8., 9. Julius Beer, Rachel Beer (née Sassoon) 10. Marc Bolan 11. Ossie Clark 12., 13. Charles Cruft, Thomas Sayers 14., 15. Charles Dickens, Mary Hogarth 16. Rosalind Franklin 17. Philip Gould 18. Jean François Gravelet ('Blondin') 19. Frederick Hitch 20. William Hogarth 21. Frederick Leyland 22. Karl Marx 23. Emmeline Pankhurst 24. Marje Proops 25. Lionel Walter Rothschild 26. Marguerite Radclyffe Hall ('John') 27. Richard 'Stoney' Smith FindingthePlot 090913.indd 9 10/09/2013 13:59 28. Sir John Soane 29. Screaming Lord Sutch 30. George Symons 31. Lady Speranza Wilde London - North and East of the Thames 32., 33. William Blake, John Bunyan 34. William Calcraft 35. Cora Crippen 36. Joseph Grimaldi 37. Joanna Vassa London - South of the Thames 38. Thomas Crapper 39. Cross Bones Graveyard 40. W. G. Grace 41. Mahomet Weyonomon 42. Frederick York Wolseley East of England 43. Capability Brown 44. Earl of Cardigan 45., 46. Willy Lott, John Constable 47. Daniel Lambert 48. Henry Moore 49. Emeric Pressburger 50. Ludwig Wittgenstein South-East England 51. Derek Jarman 52. Pip's Graves 53. Spike Milligan 54. C. Northcote Parkinson 55. Virginia Woolf FindingthePlot 090913.indd 10 10/09/2013 13:59 South-West England 56., 57. Jane Austen, Cassandra Austen 58. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 59. Thomas Hardy 60., 61. Florence Nightingale, Athena the Owlet 62., 63. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin West of England 64. Sir Winston Churchill 65. Copenhagen 66. Benjamin Disraeli 67. Ian Fleming 68. Thomas Gray 69. Laurie Lee 70., 71. Sir Ian Richardson, André Tchaikowsky 72. William Shakespeare 73. Dusty Springfield 74. J. R. R. Tolkien 75., 76., 77. Hannah Twynnoy, George Wombwell, Frank Bostock The Midlands 78., 79. Byron and Boatswain 80., 81. The Hancock Family, Catherine Mompesson 82. Sir Stanley Matthews 83. Sir Maurice Oldfield 84. Anthony E. Pratt 85. Richard III The North 86. The Brontës 87. Emily Wilding Davison FindingthePlot 090913.indd 11 10/09/2013 13:59 88. William Mackenzie 89. Sylvia Plath 90. Eleanor Rigby 91. William Archibald Spooner 92. Tony Wilson Scotland 93. John Brown 94. Patrick Dalzel-Job 95., 96. Flora MacDonald, Alexander McQueen 97. Donald MacMurchow Wales 98. Aneurin Bevan 99. John Renie 100. C. S. Rolls
London - Central 1. Jeremy Bentham 2., 3. William Franklin, William Hewson 4. Horatio Nelson 5. Postman's Park 6. The Unknown Warrior London - North and West of the Thames 7. James Barry 8., 9. Julius Beer, Rachel Beer (née Sassoon) 10. Marc Bolan 11. Ossie Clark 12., 13. Charles Cruft, Thomas Sayers 14., 15. Charles Dickens, Mary Hogarth 16. Rosalind Franklin 17. Philip Gould 18. Jean François Gravelet ('Blondin') 19. Frederick Hitch 20. William Hogarth 21. Frederick Leyland 22. Karl Marx 23. Emmeline Pankhurst 24. Marje Proops 25. Lionel Walter Rothschild 26. Marguerite Radclyffe Hall ('John') 27. Richard 'Stoney' Smith FindingthePlot 090913.indd 9 10/09/2013 13:59 28. Sir John Soane 29. Screaming Lord Sutch 30. George Symons 31. Lady Speranza Wilde London - North and East of the Thames 32., 33. William Blake, John Bunyan 34. William Calcraft 35. Cora Crippen 36. Joseph Grimaldi 37. Joanna Vassa London - South of the Thames 38. Thomas Crapper 39. Cross Bones Graveyard 40. W. G. Grace 41. Mahomet Weyonomon 42. Frederick York Wolseley East of England 43. Capability Brown 44. Earl of Cardigan 45., 46. Willy Lott, John Constable 47. Daniel Lambert 48. Henry Moore 49. Emeric Pressburger 50. Ludwig Wittgenstein South-East England 51. Derek Jarman 52. Pip's Graves 53. Spike Milligan 54. C. Northcote Parkinson 55. Virginia Woolf FindingthePlot 090913.indd 10 10/09/2013 13:59 South-West England 56., 57. Jane Austen, Cassandra Austen 58. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 59. Thomas Hardy 60., 61. Florence Nightingale, Athena the Owlet 62., 63. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin West of England 64. Sir Winston Churchill 65. Copenhagen 66. Benjamin Disraeli 67. Ian Fleming 68. Thomas Gray 69. Laurie Lee 70., 71. Sir Ian Richardson, André Tchaikowsky 72. William Shakespeare 73. Dusty Springfield 74. J. R. R. Tolkien 75., 76., 77. Hannah Twynnoy, George Wombwell, Frank Bostock The Midlands 78., 79. Byron and Boatswain 80., 81. The Hancock Family, Catherine Mompesson 82. Sir Stanley Matthews 83. Sir Maurice Oldfield 84. Anthony E. Pratt 85. Richard III The North 86. The Brontës 87. Emily Wilding Davison FindingthePlot 090913.indd 11 10/09/2013 13:59 88. William Mackenzie 89. Sylvia Plath 90. Eleanor Rigby 91. William Archibald Spooner 92. Tony Wilson Scotland 93. John Brown 94. Patrick Dalzel-Job 95., 96. Flora MacDonald, Alexander McQueen 97. Donald MacMurchow Wales 98. Aneurin Bevan 99. John Renie 100. C. S. Rolls
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