The Book of the Dead: Lives of the Justly Famous and the Undeservedly Obscure
- ISBN-10
- 0307716406
- ISBN-13
- 9780307716408
- Series
- The Book of the Dead
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 434
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-09
- Publisher
- Crown Pub
- Authors
- John Lloyd, John Mitchinson
Description
A whimsical treasury of biographical profiles of famous and lesser-known individuals now dead includes hundreds of entries that reveal embarrassing-but-true details typically omitted by official biographers. Co-authored by the award-winning producer of Blackadder and the writer of QI.
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