Ten best history books

At the Independent, Jamie Merrill named ten history books capable of "improv[ing] your general knowledge."One title on the list:Necropolis: London and Its Deadby Catharine ArnoldFrom burial mounds to charnel houses, the capital's first crematorium to the black crepe and floral tributes of East End memorials, Catharine Arnold's account of death in London is by turns fascinating, stomach churning