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Graves of the Great and Famous - From Jane Austen to Elvis Presley (Hardcover) Loot Price: R557
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Graves of the Great and Famous - From Jane Austen to Elvis Presley (Hardcover): Alastair Horne

Graves of the Great and Famous - From Jane Austen to Elvis Presley (Hardcover)

Alastair Horne

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Karl Marx is buried in London, John Keats in Rome and Leon Trotsky in Mexico. Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris is today known for the graves of Jim Morrison, Victor Hugo and Oscar Wilde, but when it opened in the early 19th century the owners felt that they needed some star names to make it a desired burial site - and so they had Moliere's body transferred there. Arranged thematically into 75 entries, Graves of the Great and Famous tours the world exploring the resting places of leading artists, thinkers, scientists, sportspeople, revolutionaries, politicians and pioneers. Some, such as communist leaders Ho Chi Minh and Vladimir Lenin, are interred in great mausoleums, where they are visited by millions each year; others are buried in little-known country graveyards. From lives cut short through assassinations - Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln - to those who suffered terrible accidents (Princess Diana), from mobsters such as Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel and John Gotti to Napoleon and his mistress Marie Walewska, from Nelson Mandela to Eva Peron, Graceland to Highgate Cemetery, the book provides a guide to some of the most famous and unusual graves of the great and the good. Featuring 150 photographs of graves, cemeteries, graveyards and mausoleums, Graves of the Great and Famous is a compact guide to the final resting place of the famous - and infamous.

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Imprint: Amber Books Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: August 2022
Authors: Alastair Horne
Dimensions: 250 x 192 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - With printed dust jacket
Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 978-1-83886-222-0
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic reportage
Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with death & bereavement
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
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LSN: 1-83886-222-6
Barcode: 9781838862220

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