Latin Erotic Elegy and the Shaping of Sixteenth-Century English Love Poetry. By Linda Grant. 233mm. Pp viii + 263. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2019. isbn9781108493864. £75 (hbk).

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double tomb monument. It is informative and readable and draws on both extant and lost material. It places the subject matter in the contexts of the age and considers all forms of tomb alongside each other and not in isolation. The fashion for handholding raises important questions about production, motive and networks, and about the environment in which they were placed, and the author has provided much to consider and reflect upon. Stone Fidelity is a must not only for the already groaning shelves of tomb enthusiasts but also for anyone interested in, to borrow a phrase, effigies with attitude.