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Lovejoy, Bess

 
9780715648483: Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses
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ISBN 10 : 0715648489 ISBN 13 : 9780715648483
Editeur : Duckworth, 2014

Synopsis

In the long run, we're 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 lawyer's 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 Lincoln's corpse. Einstein's 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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À propos de l'auteur

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, and the Boston Globe. 

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Éditeur
Duckworth
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0715648489
ISBN 13 
9780715648483
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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