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Book Title: Sorrow And Solace: The Social World Of The Cemetery
Author: Philip Bachelor
Publication Name: Sorrow and Solace : the Social WORLD of the Cemetery
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Number of Pages: 180 Pages