Famous Last Words and Tombstone Humor

by Gyles Brandreth and Xio Axelrod

Some people can't resist going out with a bang. Caesar's parting words, "Et tu, Brute?" are well known, but what about a murderer's last request as he faced the firing squad: a bullet-proof vest? This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806969504
• ISBN13: 9780806969503
• Release Date: December 1899
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4 and higher

Customer Reviews

Die? I thought I'd Laugh (or at least think)!

In his collection of death bed musings and graveside comments, Gyles Brandreth pays heed to Karl Marx's Last words--"Get out!" Last words are for people who haven't said enough!" Luckily for the reader, Brandreth ignores Marx and focuses on the final words of famous men and women. Words of wisdom, condemnation, delusion and humor are presented, as well as special explainations regarding the departed's concluding words. For those with a morbid tinge, the curious, and for those able to extract humor from ANY source, this document is well worth the hunt. Brandreth focuses particularly on the ironic comments made, while still keeping true to finding special significance in these final words. Especially enduring are the grave enscriptions, which often show that you needn't be alive to get "the last word". From poetic to comic to insulting to being eternal advertisements for the local stone cutter, Brandreth covers the famous and the unknown--equal, if anywhere else, in this book