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The British Execution: 1500–1964: Shire Library

Autor Dr Stephen Banks
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 sep 2013
An illustrated introduction to the death penalty and the means of capital punishment in England since Tudor times.

Executions have played a crucial - if grisly and controversial - part in British history and provided the bloody climax to many a life, from Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles I and Dick Turpin to untold thousands of anonymous wretches whose names are now forgotten. With the help of numerous illustrations, Stephen Banks details the history of formal execution in Britain, examining the fates of the grandest monarchs, the highest-profile gentlemen, the most learned heretics and the most petty of criminals. He looks also at the crowds, spectacle and grim pageantry that surrounded these events, helping us to understand their morbid but undeniable fascination and detailing the process that led to capital punishment's abolition in Britain.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780747812425
ISBN-10: 074781242X
Pagini: 56
Ilustrații: 30 b/w; 40 col
Dimensiuni: 142 x 201 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Shire Publications
Seria Shire Library

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

The Fatal Performance
Punishing the British
The Creatures of the Scaffold
The Slow Death of Hanging
Further Reading
Places to Visit
Index