The Pessimist's Guide to History: An Irresistible Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres, and Mayhem—From 14 Billion Years Ago to 2007 Doris Flexner, Stuart Berg Flexner
Dictionary of Last Words
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This A-to-Z compendium presents the last recorded words of more than 1,500 individuals across history, from ancient kings to modern outlaws.
A person's last words carry intrinsic and enduring fascination, especially if the individual in question is widely remembered or historically significant. Whether profound or pedestrian, these final statements can sum up an entire life—or even prophecy the future.
This unique reference volume collects 1,664 quotations representing the last words of some of history's most famous, fascinating, and influential personalities. They include kings and queens, statesmen and scientists, poets, saints, criminals, and many others. Dictionary of Last Words is a treasure trove of deathbed pronouncements, last letters, and true gallows humor.
© 2021 Philosophical Library/Open Road (E-bog): 9781504068017
Udgivelsesdato
E-bog: 26. oktober 2021
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