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'Bradley brings each route to life with not just a first-hand account of accompanying the burial parties, but well-researched insights drawn from historical accounts of journeys'

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Life and Work

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'a thoughtful walk through memories of long-held Highland burial customs'

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David Robinson, Scotland on Sunday

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'A fascinating snapshot into place and culture'

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Fife Herald

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'The Coffin Roads explores the history of these haunting roads that wind their way through the lonely glens towards the seas, and how the old beliefs and customs around death could help us cope with dying and grief more than the modern, more sanitised approach'

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Maggie Ritchie, Sunday Post

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'An excellent new book... shows the importance of landscape in shaping the life of a nation'

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Vivien Martin, BBC Radio 4

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'This is a well-written, thought-provoking and interesting book that we would recommend to anyone wishing to broaden their understanding of the culture of the western Highlands and the Hebrides'

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Ken Lussey, Undiscovered Scotland

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‘a wide-ranging, meticulous study [with] detailed scholarship and depth of deduction and contemplation’

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St Andrews in Focus

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'The extraordinary traditions around the coffin roads can help us to recapture the patterns of dealing with death which we have lost in our times'

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Church Times