Full name: After the Funeral: The Posthumous Adventures of Famous Corpses

Author: Edwin Murphy Year: 1995 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Humor Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780760709245 0760709246

Even though it is widely thought the human adventure ends with death, for a select and celebrated few it continued well beyond the grave. Exhuming some fascinating facts from history, this anthology of "necro-biographies" chronicles the bizarre after-death exploits of several prominent corpses, including: * Joseph Haydn, whose head was fought over for 145 years; * Cardinal Richelieu, whose mummified face was kept as a family heirloom--in someone else's family! * Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose wife kept his heart pressed between the pages of his most famous work; * Oliver Cromwell, whose corpse was dug up so he could be "properly" hanged for treason; * John Barrymore, whose final performance took place several days after his death; * and Buffalo Bill Cody, whose casket was covered with cement to discourage grave robbers. From lost ashes to stolen corpses to wandering body parts--this collection of post-mortem exploits provides provocative postscripts to 35 famous lives. B&W photos. Similar books: Death by Robert Wilkins Buried Alive by Jan Bondeson The Hour of Our Death by Philippe Ariès The Lazarus syndrome by Rodney Davies How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg Oh, Yikes! by Joy Masoff Remember Me by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts by Penny Colman The Mother Tongue: English And How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson Napoleon's Privates by Tony Perrottet The Whole Death Catalog by Harold Schechter The Book of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile Comedy at the Edge by Richard Zoglin The Very Bloody History of Britain by John Farman Shit my History Teacher DID NOT tell me! by Karl Wiggins 21st Century Dodos by Steve Stack Balsamic Dreams by Joe Queenan You Did What? by Bill Fawcett Duh! by Bob Fenster The American Way Of Death by Jessica Mitford