The Seven Ages of Death
A Forensic Pathologist's Journey Through Life
The heart-wrenchingly honest and fascinating new book from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of UNNATURAL CAUSES, Dr Richard Shepherd
A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Each chapter is like a finely-crafted detective story . . . Shepherd writes beautifully, and despite its subject, the book is very funny in parts' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Enlightening, strangely uplifting . . . Shepherd's final chapter on death itself is a meditation of great beauty and light which puts all the darkness of the previous pages into perspective' DAILY MAIL
'Deeply insightful. Unflinching' THE TIMES
'Fascinating' DAILY EXPRESS
'This book is about death, but in it I will take readers on a journey through life . . .'
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Dr Richard Shepherd, Britain's top forensic pathologist, has spent a lifetime…