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Famous Last Words An Anthology

Hardcover • 2016 • 1. edition

Famous Last Words An Anthology

By Claire Cock-Starkey

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About the book

Which statesman was, by the end, "bored with it all?" Which world-renowned economist considered on his deathbed whether he ought to have been less abstemious, saying "I should have drunk more champagne." Did Admiral Horatio Nelson, one of England's greatest naval heroes, really utter "Kiss me, Hardy" to his captain just before his death in the Battle of Trafalgar? Over the years, family and loved ones have recorded an extraordinary number of famous last words, from kings and queens to politici...Show more

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9781851242511

Publisher

Bodleian Library

Published year

2016

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1

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Famous Last Words An Anthology

Format

Hardcover

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