title: Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses
author:  Bess Lovejoy 
description: A tasty, sharp, wonderfully unusual book. I enjoyed it like a jar of perfect dill pickles: when the mood strikes, nothing else will satisfy. (Mary Roach <i>bestselling author of Gulp and Stiff</i>)<br /><br />If really, were all sitting in the undertakers waiting-room, then <i>Rest in Pieces</i> is the perfect easy read, preparation for the moment when the nurse steps out of the shadows and quietly calls your name. (Simon Winchester <i>bestselling author of Skulls and The Professor and the Madman</i>)<br /><br />The world is awash with legendary body parts, from Einsteins brain to Napoleons most intimate organ, and this wildly entertaining account proves that the fate of the grisly relics tells us a huge amount about historyand ourselves. (Tony Perrottet <i>author of Napoleons Privates</i>)<br /><br />Deliciously morbid and delightfully macabre,<i> Rest in Pieces</i> is required reading for those of us who intend, one day, to die. (Ben Schott <i>bestselling author of Schott's Original Miscellany</i>)<br /><br />"[A] historically beguiling, stranger-than-fiction compendium, which unearths the surprising fates of famous corpses, from Beethoven's to Eva Peron's." (<i>Elle</i>)<br /><br />Marvelously macabre. . . . A fascinating foray into the way of all flesh. (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>)
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  HEY JUDE © 2014 BY FRANCES BRODY
  
  
  
  
  
  DEADLINE © 2014 BY N.J. COOPER
  
  
  
  
  
  THE DEATH OF SPIDERS © 2014 BERNIE CROSTHWAITE
  
  
  
  
  
  MOMENTS MUSICAUX © 2014 JUDITH CUTLER
  
  
  
  
  
  A LIBERATING AFFAIR © 2014 CAROL ANNE DAVIS
  
  
  
  
  
  A GLIMPSE OF HELL © 2014 MARTIN EDWARDS
  
  
  
  
  
  THE CONFESSIONS OF EDWARD PRIME © 2014 KATE ELLIS
  
  
  
  
  
  TELL IT TO THE BEES © 2014 JANE FINNIS
  
  
  
  
  
  PACIFIED © 2014 CHRISTOPHER FOWLER
  
  
  
  
  
  THE FRANKLIN’S SECOND TALE © 2014 PAUL FREEMAN
  
  
  
  
  
  SECOND CHANCE © 2014 JOHN HARVEY
  
  
  
  
  
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