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Famous Last Words - An Anthology (Hardcover)
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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 an
extraordinary life or tell us something about a celebrated person's
final hours. In our ultimate moments, it seems, we are not averse
to cracking a joke, losing our temper or begging for help from
those we are leaving behind. The most interesting, controversial
and insightful of these exit lines are collected here, from
deathbed desperation to the fondest of farewells.
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