Not read any Benjamin Myers since The Gallows Pole. Just picked up The Offing. Christ, the bugger can write

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I'd be in heaven 🥲

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The combination of solemn funeral music, flickering candlelight, and walls constructed from human remains created an atmosphere that was simultaneously artistic and profoundly unsettling. I would give anything to attend. 🥹 #Victorian #history #Halloween #Saint-Saëns youtu.be/YyknBTm_YyM?...

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The musicians included accomplished performers associated with prestigious musical institutions and orchestras. Among the compositions performed was Camille Saint-Saëns's Danse macabre, a piece depicting Death summoning skeletons from their graves to dance through the night. #Victorian #history

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They were escorted through a labyrinth of dark underground passages until they reached a chamber known as the Rotonde des Tibias, or Rotunda of Shinbones. Human skulls and long bones had been carefully arranged along the walls. #Victorian #history #Halloween #macabre

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