The Little Book of Death

by Neil R. Storey

This little book is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about the one certainty in all our lives - death. Within this volume are some horrible, unfortunate and downright ludicrous ends. Find out what body parts of the departed great and famous are still with us (and, in some cases, what they sold for). Learn of odd last requests, burials, epitaphs and death rites from around the world, as well as the strange fates of some cadavers – and a whole host of horrible tales about mummies, vampires, zombies, auto-icons and body-snatchers.Anyone brave enough to read this book will be entertained and enthralled and never short of some frivolous fact to enhance a conversation or quiz! With 50 chilling illustrations, get out of your crypt and buy it whilst you can!

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Death

192 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2013

About the author

A graduate of the University of East Anglia, Neil R. Storey is a professional historian and lecturer specialising in the study of the impact of war on British society in the first half of the 20th century.

Neil R. Storey is an award-winning social historian specialising in the impact of the First and Second World Wars on British society. He also has a long-standing interest in gothic horror, is the creator of the popular 'Grim Almanac' series published by History Press, and has published numerous works on dark history. He has been in publication since 1989 and now has a canon of over 50 books and has had great reviews in The Times and Daily Mail. A graduate of University of East Anglia he guest lectures for both academic and social audiences across the UK and internationally. He has written countless articles for national periodicals and frequently appears as a guest expert on factual television and radio programmes such as: Who Do You Think You Are?, Classified Britain, The Buildings that Fought Hitler, and Help! My House is Haunted.

Reviews

[Elena · Rating 5 out of 5]

For people afraid of death, this book might actually be a way to calm down and accept it as something normal. At least that's how it was for me.

Neil R. Story has such a pleasant way of talking about this subject. You can sometimes be both enternained and disgusted by the stories but almost always captivated. I got the feeling of sitting in a pub and talking to an academic friend who just knows his subject so well he has an endless pit of fun facts and stories to tell.

I must also mention that Neil R. Story did such an amazing job reasearching and collecting beatiful and bizzare facts. I can't appreciate it enough. Makes me want to buy this book twice.

Actually, it would be nice to listen an audiobook narrated by Neil R. Story. I've heard him on some podcast and his voice is great for this.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

lots of anecdotes and facts about interesting, weird and stupid deaths.

[Georgi_Lvs_Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 stars

Quite an interesting read!

My favourite chapter has to be “what a way to go!”

[Lemon Loser · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute little thing. It was morbid trivia, which I found quiet intriguing. I got the feeling the writer was from across the pond. It seemed to have a lot of London/England based facts. Don't get me wrong, there were facts from all over the world, just not as many American ones as I had hoped for.

[Poison Diaries · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great if you want to know the mysterious ways how some people died. Giving us information about the way how people died and also the last man to be executed but his crime became more famous than his execution! Great for a bit of light reading if you are interested in death and gore.