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John Blair is an Emeritus Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, and Emeritus Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at the University of Oxford. His many books include Building Anglo-Saxon England (Princeton), The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society, and The Anglo-Saxon Age: A Very Short Introduction.
""In this expansive volume, archaeologist Blair surveys stories of corpses rising from the dead, from classical Greece to the ‘corpse killing’ epidemics of the 17th century. . . . This meticulous account sheds horrifying light on the constancy with which women have been made to pay, even in death, for society’s larger anxieties."" * Publishers Weekly, starred review * ""Wonderful stories. . . .Writers will no doubt continue to disinter the undead in their fiction. . . .Let this be their handbook.""---Suzie Feay, The Spectator ""Blair is to be congratulated on having produced a masterfully lucid history, filled with originality and excitement. Every page of Killing the Dead bursts with fresh insights and deliciously gory details. And, like all the best vampires, it’ll come back to haunt you long after you think you’re done.""---Alexander Lee, Literary Review ""Authoritative and compelling. . . .This fascinating history shows that you can't keep a good corpse down.""---Roger Luckhurst, History Today ""Illuminating. . . . By bringing his archaeological focus to bear on the question [of how to deal with vampires], Blair unearths some puzzling continuities and raises the stakes.""---Crawford Gribben, Wall Street Journal ""A fascinating cavalcade of stories.""---Colin Dickey, Chronicle of Higher Education
