Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses - Rilegato

Bess Lovejoy

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ISBN 10: 0715648489 ISBN 13: 9780715648483

Casa editrice: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2014

Riassunto

In the long run, were all dead. But for some of the most influential figures in history, death marked the start of a new adventure. The famous deceased have been stolen, burned, sold, pickled, frozen, stuffed, impersonated and even filed away in a lawyers office. Their fingers, teeth, toes, arms, legs, skulls, hearts, lungs and nether regions have embarked on voyages that criss-cross the globe and stretch the imagination. Counterfeiters tried to steal Lincolns corpse. Einsteins brain went on a cross-country road trip. And after Lord Horatio Nelson perished at Trafalgar, his sailors submerged him in brandy which they drank. From Mozart to Hitler, Rest in Pieces connects the lives of the famous dead to the hilarious and horrifying adventures of their corpses, and traces the evolution of cultural attitudes towards death.

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Recensione:

Deliciously morbid and delightfully macabre, Rest in Pieces is required reading for those of us who intend, one day, to die --Ben Schott, author of Schotts Original Miscellany

A historically beguiling, stranger-than-fiction compendium --Elle

If really, were all sitting in the undertakers waiting room, then Rest in Pieces is the perfect easy read, preparation for the moment when the nurse steps out of the shadows and quietly calls your name --Simon Winchester, bestselling author of Skulls and The Professor and the Madman

L'autore:

Bess Lovejoy is a writer, researcher and editor. She worked on the Schott's Almanac series for five years, and her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, Believer, Boston Globe and elsewhere. Visit her at BessLovejoy.com

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• Editore: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0715648489
• ISBN 13: 9780715648483
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 352