Cranioklepty
Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius
- 2009 INDIES Finalist
- Finalist, History (Adult Nonfiction)
In 1809, composer Franz Joseph Hayden’s head was stolen from his grave. This was not an isolated incident. The skulls of artist Francisco Goya, composers Ludwig Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, philosophers Rene Descartes, Sir Thomas Browne, Emanuel Swedenborg, and countless others... Read More
