Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Prologue ix
6. I Afterlife 1
7. 1 The cabinet of insects 3
8. 2 Behind the giraffe 18
9. 3 The ungenteel fate 35
10. 4 What was her name? 49
11. 5 Madame Beswick’s supernatural pranks 70
12. 6 Tinned salmon 86
13. 7 Ms Beswick 104
14. II Life and death 119
15. 8 Hannah 121
16. 9 Sundry odd things 135
17. 10 Oil of lavender 152
18. 11 The pious band 167
19. 12 Four hundred pounds 179
20. 13 Unremarkable 197
21. Epilogue 208
22. Note for genealogists 215
23. Notes 217
24. Select bibliography 238
25. Index 243