The Last Words of Evariste Galois
Evariste Galois (1811–32) was an extremely promising French mathematician however a series of strange events and a tragic early death would conspire to obscure his […]
Category: Famous Last Words
The Tragic Tale of the Death of Nicolas Chamfort
While researching Famous Last Words I came across so many fascinating (and sometimes tragic) stories of people’s last moments the full detail I was not […]
Exciting new project
I am very happy to announce that I have signed up to write a number of books for the wonderful Bodleian Library Publishing. The first […]
The curious fate of King James II
While researching Famous Last Words I came across a fascinating first-hand account on the strange fate of the body of exiled King James II and […]