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Rest in Pieces - The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses (Paperback)
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Rest in Pieces - The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses (Paperback)
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Loot Price R270
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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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