Central Idea in How They Croaked

Chapter	Main Idea
Julius Caesar	Caesar died because of his ambition and the greed of a group of senators.
Cleopatra	Instead of being killed by a snake, Cleopatra was killed by poison.
Columbus	Exploration Killed Columbus
Henry VIII	Henry VIII Ate Himself into the Grave
Queen Elizabeth	Queen Elizabeth Worked to Avoid One Sort of Death, to Be a Successful Queen, and Died in her Old Age
Pocahontas	Pocahontas Was Killed by the Deception and Filth of the “Civilized”  Society
Galileo	Galileo, the smartest guy in the room who was not appreciated in his lifetime, died in his old age from drinking lead-laced wine.
Mozart	Mozart died a smelly death of a strep infection.
Marie Antoinette	Marie Antoinette died from being on the wrong side of a revolution.