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Bezig met laden... I Told You I Was Sick: A Grave Book of Curious Epitaphsdoor Nigel Rees
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A terrific collection of Epitaphs,most of which are very funny. 'Here lies Captain Ernest Bloomfield Accidentally shot by his Orderly March 2nd 1789 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Well done,thou good and faithfull servant.' 'Erected to the memory of John McFarlane Drowned in the Water of Leith By a few affectionate friends.' These are a couple of examples of the many epitaphs is this book. This is a really cute, and rather funny little book. Apart from its size, it's a terrific coffee-table book, with little snippets to read aloud and discuss - with enough background on each to lend atmosphere and context for each pithy epitaph. Makes me think I should start now planning my own.... hmmm..... geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
I Told You I Was Sick is a selection of mostly comic epitaphs and some that are not comic at all - though they might well be called curious. As such, it continues the centuries old custom of collecting epitaphs, but with rather more attempt at accuracy of transcription and location and context. The latest title in the Weidenfeld & Nicolson small-format humour series, I Told You I Was SIck includes 150 epitaphs, each of them explained and located. The epitaphs include that of Keith Woodward, a publican of Shrivenham, Wiltshire, whose dying wish was to have inscribed on his tombstone the words 'I told them I was ill'.) Parish councillors later ordered the message removed.) This 'nice derangement of epitaphs' (as Mrs Malaprop so splendidly remarked in Sheridan's The Rivals), will make the perfect Christmas stocking-filler. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)929.5History and Geography Biography, genealogy, insignia Genealogy; Heraldry EpitaphsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Preface claims that all content has been verified, but many of them turned out to be rumored or only reported in print. Much material 'borrowed' from previous books of this type. ( )