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Crypt by Alice Roberts

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collins1129's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

5.0

extraaardvark's review against another edition

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challenging informative slow-paced

4.5

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Within it's category it is a perfect book, Didactic, but very readable - it explains the issues and how science helps in uncovering "who did it" and also some little jewels along the way (how to estimate the umber of bodies when all you have is a pile of bones is a good one. Coincidently i really enjoyed the Mary Rose chapter having just finished a Novel that climaxed on the the ship on its last days. I will go back and read her earlier ones.

thetrickyfox's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

An interesting although occasionally unfocused and distracted read. It explains its concepts well to a wide audience, with explanations simple enough for those without background knowledge but not overly simplistic for those with. Also a beautiful hardback edition with some of the prettiest edge artwork I've ever seen. However, for a book of this standard, it is shockingly full of editing errors and mistakes, something I definitely wouldn't have expected.

laura_hole's review against another edition

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adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

retrophrenologist's review against another edition

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challenging informative mysterious medium-paced

4.5

jcampbell's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

4.5

brilliant book discussing the wide and ranging pieces of information that can be gleaned from archaeological bones.

I particularly loved the chapters on Syphilis and the Black Death.