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Famous Last Words: An Anthology
Claire Cock-Starkey
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Description for Famous Last Words: An Anthology
Hardcover. The last words of politicians, kings, queens, actors, philosophers, scientists and writers are sometimes profound, sometimes prescient, often strange, funny and usually poignant. The most interesting, controversial and insightful of these exit lines are collected here, from deathbed desperation to the fondest of farewells. Editor(s): Cock-Starkey, Claire. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 120. .
Who said ‘I should have drunk more champagne’? Did Nelson really utter ‘Kiss me Hardy’ from his deathbed? Which statesman was, at the end, ‘bored with it all’? Which king begged, ‘Let not poor Nelly starve …’ An extraordinary number of deathbed sayings have been recorded over the years, some proving irresistible to embellishment, others displaying wry humour, still more showing remarkable lucidity in the final hours of life. The last words of politicians, kings, queens, actors, philosophers, scientists and writers are sometimes profound, sometimes prescient, often strange, funny and usually poignant. They can reveal the essence of ... Read more
Who said ‘I should have drunk more champagne’? Did Nelson really utter ‘Kiss me Hardy’ from his deathbed? Which statesman was, at the end, ‘bored with it all’? Which king begged, ‘Let not poor Nelly starve …’ An extraordinary number of deathbed sayings have been recorded over the years, some proving irresistible to embellishment, others displaying wry humour, still more showing remarkable lucidity in the final hours of life. The last words of politicians, kings, queens, actors, philosophers, scientists and writers are sometimes profound, sometimes prescient, often strange, funny and usually poignant. They can reveal the essence of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
208g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851242511
SKU
V9781851242511
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Ref
99-50
About Claire Cock-Starkey
Claire Cock-Starkey was series editor of Schott’s Almanac, her latest book How to Skin a Lion was published in 2015.
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