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Forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd, brings his unparalleled honesty and insight to a new book about life and death. This book is about death, but in it I will take readers on a journey through life . . . Dr Richard Shepherd, Britain's top forensic pathologist, has spent a lifetime close to the dead. As a medical detective, each autopsy he carries out is its own unique investigation, uncovering the secrets not only of how a person died, but also of how, through every stage of life, the risks to each of us ebb and flow. Through 24 of his most intriguing, enlightening and never-before-told cases, Dr Shepherd shares autopsies that span the seven ages of human existence, and have taught him as much about the marvels of life as the inevitability of death. From old to young, from murder to misadventure, and from illness to accidental death, each of these bodies has something to reveal- about human development, about mortality, about its owner's life story, about justice and even about Shepherd himself. From the bestselling author of Unnatural Causes comes a powerful, moving and above all reassuring book about death as it touches our own lives - how to understand it, how best to postpone it, and, when our time comes (as it must), how to embrace it as the last great adventure.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780241472033
eBay Product ID (ePID)3049040053
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Seven Ages of Death: 'every Chapter Is like a Detective Story' Telegraph
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
TopicMedicine, True Crime, Memorials, Forensics
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TypeTextbook
AuthorDr Richard Shepherd
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Weight648 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorDr Richard Shepherd
Topic AreaSocial Psychology