From a children's book to famous last words...

Right so this post all started when I picked up one of my siblings books and started reading. The book is called 'The Terrible Tudors' it is a book done by the Horrible History franchise. The book although for children I found was quite a fun read it has a lot of information on England's history during the Tudor period. It included why Henry VII thought he's married a horse, which terrible torture methods the twisted Tudors used and how an awful Tudor axeman kept botching the job.

After reading the book I kept remembering a particular paragraph on Elizabeth I's death and her last words. For some reason it just kept popping into my head so I googled it (naturally) and found the sentence I kept remembering was...

"All my possessions for a moment of time."

When I googled Elizabeth's last words I found a really lovely illustration done by Oskar Alvardo.

Alvardo did a series of illustrations about people's last words including Joan of Arc. Since I'm sharing these lovely illustrations I thought it only right I also list some of the other famous last words that I have come across. Voltaire

"Now, now, my good man, this is no time for making enemies."

Said when asked by a priest to renounce Satan.

Joan Crawford

"Dammit...Don't you dare ask God to help me."

Said to her housekeeper who began to pray aloud.

Pablo Picasso

"Drink to me!"

Charles Chaplin

"Why not? After all, it belongs to him."

When the priest attending his deathbed said "May the Lord have mercy on your soul," 

Chaplin quickly replied "Why not? After all, it belongs to him."

Ludwig Van Beethoven

"Friends applaud, the comedy is over."