著名遗言选集 Claire Cock–starkey 英文原版 Famous Last Words – An Anthology

基本信息

Edited by:Claire Cock-Starkey

Format:Hardback 112 pages

Publisher:Bodleian Library

Imprint:Bodleian Library

ISBN:9781851242511

Published:10 May 2016

Weight:214g

Dimensions:193 x 126 x 13 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

哪位政治家到后来 "对这一切感到厌烦"？哪位世界知名的经济学家在临终前考虑他是否应该不那么节制，他说："我应该喝更多的香槟酒。" 英国伟大的海军英雄之一霍雷肖-纳尔逊上将，在特拉法尔加战役中临死前是否真的对他的船长说过 "吻我，哈迪"？

多年来，家人和爱人记录了大量知名的遗言，从国王和女王到政治家、哲学家、科学家、作家和演员。这些遗言可以传授非凡人生的敏锐洞察力，揭示在黑暗的时刻也不屈不挠的幽默感，或者告诉我们关于一个名人生命要结束的时刻的一些情况。也许不可避免的是，考虑到他们的出身，许多遗言被证明无法被修饰，或者仍然是个问题。例如，据说国王查尔斯二世曾指示他的兄弟们 "不要让可怜的奈莉挨饿"，要求为他最爱的女主人提供每年1500英镑的养老金。虽然她确实收到了上述养老金，但有些人认为，查尔斯在长期患病后的真正遗言是："先生们，你们必须原谅我，我在死亡时是没有良心的。"

在《知名的遗言选集》中，克莱尔·科克·斯塔基收集了有趣、有洞察力和有争议的遗言，从临终前的绝望到美好的告别。

Which statesman was, by the end, “bored with it all?” Which world-renowned economist considered on his deathbed whether he ought to have been less abstemious, saying “I should have drunk more champagne.” Did Admiral Horatio Nelson, one of England’s greatest naval heroes, really utter “Kiss me, Hardy” to his captain just before his death in the Battle of Trafalgar?

Over the years, family and loved ones have recorded an extraordinary number of famous last words, from kings and queens to politicians, philosophers, scientists, writers, and actors. These exit lines can impart keen insights from an extraordinary life, reveal a sense of humor indomitable in even the darkest hours, or tell us something about a celebrated person’s last moments of life. Perhaps unavoidably given their provenance, many last words have proven irresistible to embellishment or remain in question. King Charles II, for example, was said to have instructed his brothers to “let not Poor Nelly starve,” asking that his favorite mistress be provided a pension of 1,500 pounds a year. Although she did indeed receive said pension, some contend that Charles’s actual last words, following a long period of illness, were, “You must pardon me, gentlemen, for being a most unconscionable time a-dying.”

For Famous Last Words, Claire Cock-Starkey has collected the most interesting, insightful, and controversial last words, from deathbed desperation to the fondest of farewells.

作者简介

克莱尔·科克·斯塔克伊是《肖特年鉴》所有七个版本的系列编辑。她是《如何给狮子剥皮》的作者。A Treasury of Outmoded Advice和The Georgian Art of Gambling。

Claire Cock-Starkey was the series editor for all seven editions of Schott’s Almanac. She is the author of How to Skin a Lion: A Treasury of Outmoded Advice and The Georgian Art of Gambling.