WHO'S BURIED UNDER YOUR FLOOR? London's Forgotten Burial Grounds and Plague Pits (SIGNED)

Softcover. (SIGNED). As you browse the bookshops in Charing Cross Road you could be walking over the grave of Nell Gwynne, Charles II's mistress. Going to the theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue? Over 100,000 corpses were buried there.Trains delayed at Cannon Street Station because of staff shortages? The skeleton staff buried underneath won't help. Over the centuries a lot of people have died in London and they were buried there too. They rested in peace - more or less - but then their graveyards were redeveloped - perhaps to build the very place where you live or work or have fun. Once again, Geoff Abbott has uncovered the macabre and ghoulish facts behind the everyday. Basing his book on 'London's Burial Grounds', written by a remarkable Victorian lady, Mrs Basil Holmes, over a century ago. He has added information gleaned from many other sources. So who's buried under your floor? The king of Corsica? A medieval nun? A plague victim? A hanged man or a suicide? It's surprising what you can find if you dig deep enough. Illus., Appendices, Select Bibliog. and Street Index. 216pp. trade size soft cover. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY GEOFFREY ABBOTT. Also includes loosely inserted : INSCRIBED AND SIGNED colour postcard, a small SIGNED note and another colour postcard (Have Axe - Will Travel!) with details of Geoffrey's various TV appearances and other published book titles. Nr. F.