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Vital Organs: A History of the World's Most Famous Body Parts

By Suzie Edge
Narrated by: Suzie Edge
Unabridged — 6 hours, 48 minutes
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By Suzie Edge
Narrated by: Suzie Edge
Unabridged — 6 hours, 48 minutes
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The remarkable stories of the world's most famous body parts.
Louis XIV's rear end inspired the British National Anthem.
Queen Victoria's armpit led the development of antiseptics.
Robert Jenkin's ear started a war.


All too often, historical figures feel distant and abstract; more myth and legend than real flesh and blood. These stories of bodies and its parts remind us that history's most-loved, and most-hated, were real breathing creatures who inhabited organs and limbs just like us - until ...