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The End of the Road
- Author
- Jack Cooke
- Narrator
- Paul Hilliar
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 18 February 2021
- Run Time
- 8 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
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.
Critics Review
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‘An entertaining and strangely cheering read… full of fascinating stories’ – Country Life
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‘A unique insight into Britain’s landscape’ – The Observer
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, '…utterly compelling – The Oldie Magazine
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‘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.’ – Reader review
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‘Who’d have thought a trip in a hearse would be so enjoyable?’ – Reader review
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‘A fantastic read for anyone who has loved spending a while looking through old graveyards and soaking up all the history within.’ – Reader review
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Details
- Author
- Jack Cooke
- Narrator
- Paul Hilliar
- Duration
- 8 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 February 2021
- ISBN
- 9780008294731
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic travel writing, Social and cultural history, History of other geographical groupings and regions or specific cultures / societies / groups / peoples, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, Psychology of ageing, Sociology: death and dying
Synopsis
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.
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