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Graves of the Great and Famous From Jane Austen to Elvis Presley

Horne, Alastair
Innbundet / 2022 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781838862220
Publisert
2022-09-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Amber Books
Vekt
900 gr
Høyde
250 mm
Bredde
192 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Forfatter
Horne, Alastair

Biographical note

Alastair Horne is a lecturer in Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling, in Scotland. The author of four previous books for Amber – Abandoned Scotland, Graves of the Great and Famous, Paris: City of Light, and London: Treasured Capital of the United Kingdom – he is currently completing a doctorate on how smartphones are changing storytelling, and a novel set in an unnamed Parisian cemetery in the early twentieth century.

Graves of the Great and Famous From Jane Austen to Elvis Presley

Horne, Alastair
Innbundet / 2022 / Engelsk
Horne, Alastair
Innbundet / 2022 / Engelsk
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Karl Marx is buried in London, John Keats in Rome and Leon Trotsky in Mexico. Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris is today known for the graves of Jim Morrison, Victor Hugo and Oscar Wilde, but when it opened in the early 19th century the owners felt that they needed some star names to make it a desired burial site – and so they had Molière’s body transferred there. Arranged thematically into 75 entries, Graves of the Great and Famous tours the world exploring the resting places of leading artists, thinkers, scientists, sportspeople, revolutionaries, politicians and pioneers. Some, such as communist leaders Ho Chi Minh and Vladimir Lenin, are interred in great mausoleums, where they are visited by millions each year; others are buried in little-known country graveyards. From lives cut short through assassinations – Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln – to those who suffered terrible accidents (Princess Diana), from mobsters such as Benjamin ‘Bugsy’ Siegel and John Gotti to Napoleon and his mistress Marie Walewska, from Nelson Mandela to Eva Peron, Graceland to Highgate Cemetery, the book provides a guide to some of the most famous and unusual graves of the great and the good. Featuring 150 photographs of graves, cemeteries, graveyards and mausoleums, Graves of the Great and Famous is a compact guide to the final resting place of the famous – and infamous.
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Arranged thematically and illustrated with 150 photographs, Graves of the Great and Famous tours the world exploring the resting places of leading artists, thinkers, scientists, sportspeople, revolutionaries, politicians and pioneers, from great mausoleums to little-known country graveyards.
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Introduction Actors and Directors James Dean Marilyn Monroe Stan Laurel Buster Keaton Judy Garland Bruce Lee Natalie Wood Ingrid & Ingmar Bergman Bette Davis Yves Montand/Simone Signoret Marlene Dietrich Akira Kurosawa Debbie Reynolds and daughter Carrie Fisher Artists and Designers Leonardo Albrecht Durer Michelangelo Jacques-Louis David Goya Gauguin Christian Dior Albert Namatjira Coco Chanel Max Ernst Musicians, Entertainers and Sportspeople JS Bach Wolfgang Mozart Beethoven Frederic Chopin Richard Wagner Tchaikovsky Johann Strauss Giuseppe Verdi Edith Piaf Jimi Hendrix Jim Morrison Elvis Presley Bob Marley John Lennon Frank Zappa Michael Hutchence Frank Sinatra Johnny Cash & June Carter Muhammad Ali Revolutionaries, Rebels and Humanitarians Martin Luther Oliver Cromwell Simon Bolivar Sojourner Truth V I Lenin Leon Trotsky Hans and Sophie Scholl Mahatma Gandhi Martin Luther King Ho Chi Minh Oskar Schindler Mao Tse-Tung Mother Teresa Rosa Parks Nelson Mandela Royals, Rulers and Politicians Julius Caesar Augustus Saladin Vlad the Impaler Hideyoshi Elizabeth I & Westminster Abbey Peter I the Great and Catherine the Great Napoleon Abraham Lincoln Sun Yat Sen Kemal Ataturk FDR Eva Peron John F Kennedy Winston Churchill Sukarno Haile Selassie Princess Diana Thinkers, Scientists and Explorers Confucius Columbus Copernicus Galileo Isaac Newton Charles Darwin Karl Marx Richard Burton Marie & Pierre Curie Albert Schweitzer Yuri Gagarin Dian Fossey Stephen Hawking Writers, Poets and Playwrights Omar Khayyam William Shakespeare Moliere Voltaire Yosa Buson Mary Wollstonecraft Jane Austen John Keats Balzac Mary Shelley Hans Christian Anderson George Eliot Victor Hugo Oscar Wilde Leo Tolstoy Ivan Franko Wilfred Owen Marcel Proust Franz Kafka James Joyce Colette Bertoldt Brecht Truman Capote Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir
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Photographic guide to the last resting places of the famous (and infamous...)

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Karl Marx is buried in London, John Keats in Rome and Leon Trotsky in Mexico. Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris is today known for the graves of Jim Morrison, Victor Hugo and Oscar Wilde, but when it opened in the early 19th century the owners felt that they needed some star names to make it a desired burial site – and so they had Molière’s body transferred there. Arranged thematically into 75 entries, Graves of the Great and Famous tours the world exploring the resting places of leading artists, thinkers, scientists, sportspeople, revolutionaries, politicians and pioneers. Some, such as communist leaders Ho Chi Minh and Vladimir Lenin, are interred in great mausoleums, where they are visited by millions each year; others are buried in little-known country graveyards. From lives cut short through assassinations – Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln – to those who suffered terrible accidents (Princess Diana), from mobsters such as Benjamin ‘Bugsy’ Siegel and John Gotti to Napoleon and his mistress Marie Walewska, from Nelson Mandela to Eva Peron, Graceland to Highgate Cemetery, the book provides a guide to some of the most famous and unusual graves of the great and the good. Featuring 150 photographs of graves, cemeteries, graveyards and mausoleums, Graves of the Great and Famous is a compact guide to the final resting place of the famous – and infamous.
Les mer
Arranged thematically and illustrated with 150 photographs, Graves of the Great and Famous tours the world exploring the resting places of leading artists, thinkers, scientists, sportspeople, revolutionaries, politicians and pioneers, from great mausoleums to little-known country graveyards.
Les mer
Introduction Actors and Directors James Dean Marilyn Monroe Stan Laurel Buster Keaton Judy Garland Bruce Lee Natalie Wood Ingrid & Ingmar Bergman Bette Davis Yves Montand/Simone Signoret Marlene Dietrich Akira Kurosawa Debbie Reynolds and daughter Carrie Fisher Artists and Designers Leonardo Albrecht Durer Michelangelo Jacques-Louis David Goya Gauguin Christian Dior Albert Namatjira Coco Chanel Max Ernst Musicians, Entertainers and Sportspeople JS Bach Wolfgang Mozart Beethoven Frederic Chopin Richard Wagner Tchaikovsky Johann Strauss Giuseppe Verdi Edith Piaf Jimi Hendrix Jim Morrison Elvis Presley Bob Marley John Lennon Frank Zappa Michael Hutchence Frank Sinatra Johnny Cash & June Carter Muhammad Ali Revolutionaries, Rebels and Humanitarians Martin Luther Oliver Cromwell Simon Bolivar Sojourner Truth V I Lenin Leon Trotsky Hans and Sophie Scholl Mahatma Gandhi Martin Luther King Ho Chi Minh Oskar Schindler Mao Tse-Tung Mother Teresa Rosa Parks Nelson Mandela Royals, Rulers and Politicians Julius Caesar Augustus Saladin Vlad the Impaler Hideyoshi Elizabeth I & Westminster Abbey Peter I the Great and Catherine the Great Napoleon Abraham Lincoln Sun Yat Sen Kemal Ataturk FDR Eva Peron John F Kennedy Winston Churchill Sukarno Haile Selassie Princess Diana Thinkers, Scientists and Explorers Confucius Columbus Copernicus Galileo Isaac Newton Charles Darwin Karl Marx Richard Burton Marie & Pierre Curie Albert Schweitzer Yuri Gagarin Dian Fossey Stephen Hawking Writers, Poets and Playwrights Omar Khayyam William Shakespeare Moliere Voltaire Yosa Buson Mary Wollstonecraft Jane Austen John Keats Balzac Mary Shelley Hans Christian Anderson George Eliot Victor Hugo Oscar Wilde Leo Tolstoy Ivan Franko Wilfred Owen Marcel Proust Franz Kafka James Joyce Colette Bertoldt Brecht Truman Capote Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir
Les mer
Photographic guide to the last resting places of the famous (and infamous...)

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781838862220
Publisert
2022-09-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Amber Books
Vekt
900 gr
Høyde
250 mm
Bredde
192 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Forfatter
Horne, Alastair

Biographical note

Alastair Horne is a lecturer in Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling, in Scotland. The author of four previous books for Amber – Abandoned Scotland, Graves of the Great and Famous, Paris: City of Light, and London: Treasured Capital of the United Kingdom – he is currently completing a doctorate on how smartphones are changing storytelling, and a novel set in an unnamed Parisian cemetery in the early twentieth century.

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