I Told You I Was Sick: A Grave Book of Curious Epitaphs - Hardcover

Rees, Nigel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0304368032 ISBN 13: 9780304368037

Publisher: UNKNO, 2005

Synopsis

From the eponymous epitaph of a hypochondriac to the inexplicable Greek phrase that adorns Jim Morrison's grave, author Nigel Rees catalogues curious tombstone inscriptions from cemeteries around the world. Ranging from the hilarious to the macabre, this collection of 150 epitaphs includes the memorial to an 18th century widow which celebrates her early escape from "the fatigues of a married life, born by her with incredible patience," and the morbidly humorous tribute to three children killed by poisoned mushrooms, whose parents, "partakers of the same meal, have survived with debilitated constitutions." Scrupulously researched, this compendium of improbable, impolitic and imponderable epitaphs is another delightful entry from the author of the Cassell Dictionary of Humorous Quotations.

About this title

About the Author:

Nigel Rees is the author of over 50 books, including the Cassell Dictionary of Humorous Quotations and the Cassell Companion to Quotations. He is the deviser and presenter of BBC Radio's Quote...Unquote, through which he has become an authority on the popular use of language in slogans, catchphrases, cliches, idioms and quotations.

Review:

"The handbook for the armchair graveyard browser: an assembly of familiar and not so familiar epitaphs." SUNDAY TELEGRAPH "rib-tickling" GUARDIAN "Highly acclaimed Radio 4 presenter Nigel Rees presents his witty and curious selection of graveyard epitaphs." GOOD BOOK GUIDE "The epitaphs are both well chosen and well illustrated" SPECTATOR

About this edition

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0304368032
• ISBN 13: 9780304368037
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288