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Navigate later life’s administrative tasks with practical, reassuring guidance.

The Later Years

The perfect gift for Father's Day! A simple guide to a worry-free existence in the remaining years of life

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    25 November 2025

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Summary

‘Deeply practical’ *The Times*

‘Sir Peter Thornton gives practical and reassuring tips to keep your life organised as you get older.’ *Times Radio*

The essential guide to all you need to know and do as you get older and closer to the end of life.

It is not difficult to imagine the sense of panic when faced with the sheer administrative hassle of the end of life, despite the fact that it will come to us all sooner or la…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781835012093
ISBN-10:1835012094
Author:Sir Peter Thornton
Publisher:Bedford Square Publishers
Imprint:Bedford Square Publishers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:25 November 2025
Weight:436g
Dimensions:30mm x 192mm x 345mm
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The Later Years by Sir Peter Thornton - ISBN: 9781835012093
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘Sir Peter Thornton gives practical and reassuring tips to keep your life organised as you get older’

* Times Radio: Off Air… with Jane and Fi *

‘Peter Thornton is like a death doula. I’ve already ordered five copies… Deeply practical’ Alice Thomson in The Times

About The Author

Sir Peter Thornton

His Honour Sir Peter Thornton KC was a practising barrister in human rights law, a KC, founder member and head of Doughty Street Chambers, a Senior Circuit Judge at the Old Bailey (the Central Criminal Court) and the first Chief Coroner of England and Wales.

He is now a Visiting Professor at King’s College London, a member of the Independent Expert Panel of the House of Commons, chair of the University College London Discipline Review Body, and international trainer of coroners with the Civil Service College and the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association. He has written and edited numerous published works, and broadcasts regularly on civil liberty issues and criminal law and coroner law on programmes such as Newsnight, The Today Programme on Radio 4 and Rough Justice.

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