The Very Best of the Daily Telegraph Books of Obituaries

by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd

Series: Daily Telegraph Book of Obituaries (Selection)

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This is a compilation of the very best of the five best-selling volumes of Daily Telegraph obituaries. The foibles and eccentricities of the dead are evoked as a labour of love, while the reader is introduced to alluring strangers and and a world of elegance and romance.

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A very entertaining book of obituaries of various Brits. Hugh Massingberd took over the Telegraph's obits in 1986 and they're witty and often hilarious short stories that feel no need to refrain from speaking ill of the dead. A lot of of British pop culture figures that I'm not familiar with but that makes them no less interesting, and there are many veterans of various wars (including the Boer!) whose stories make for gripping yarns. Bonus: a charming cover showing a double decker bus filled with colorful looking characters, destination Paradise - Kensal Green. (

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piemouth | Sep 2, 2012 |

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This is a compilation of the very best of the five best-selling volumes of Daily Telegraph obituaries. The foibles and eccentricities of the dead are evoked as a labour of love, while the reader is introduced to alluring strangers and and a world of elegance and romance.

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