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Thinker, Failure, Soldier, Jailer An Anthology of Great Lives in 365 Days

Hardcover • 2012 • English

Thinker, Failure, Soldier, Jailer An Anthology of Great Lives in 365 Days

By Harry de Quetteville

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About the book

The Telegraph's obituaries pages are renowned for their quality of writing and capacity to distil the essence of a life from its most extraordinary moments. A unique mix of heroism, ingenuity, infamy and the bizarre, Thinker, Failure, Soldier, Jailer collects the very best of those obituaries to present an endlessly absorbing compendium of human endeavour. Organised day by day around the calendar year, with each life presented on the date it ended, the book features hundreds of remarkable sto...Show more

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9781781310274

Publisher

Aurum

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Thinker, Failure, Soldier, Jailer An Anthology of Great Lives in 365 Days

Format

Hardcover

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