A marvelously macabre ( Kirkus Reviews ) history of the bizarre afterlives of Corpses of the celebrated and notorious dead.
From Alexander the Great to Elvis Presley, and from Beethoven to Dorothy Parker, 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 toward death..
And after Lord Horatio Nelson perished at Trafalgar, his sailors submerged him in brandy--which they drank.
Einstein\'s brain went on a cross-country road trip.
Counterfeiters tried to steal Lincoln\'s corpse.
Their fingers, teeth, toes, arms, legs, skulls, hearts, lungs, and nether regions have embarked on voyages that crisscross the globe and stretch the imagination.
The Famous deceased have been stolen, burned, sold, pickled, frozen, stuffed, impersonated, and even filed away in a lawyer\'s office.
For some of the most influential figures in history, death marked the start of a new adventure.
A marvelously macabre ( Kirkus Reviews ) history of the bizarre afterlives of Corpses of the celebrated and notorious dead
