Britain's Most Notorious Hangmen
A breathtaking history of Britain's executioners-from the seventeenth court of King Charles II to the UK's last official hangman of the twentieth century. In 1663, Jack Ketch delighted in his profession and gained notoriety not only because of those he executed-dukes and lords-but for how often he botched the job. Centuries later, in 1965, after nearly six hundred trips to the gallows, Albert Pierrepoint retired as Britain's longest-running executioner. Between them are three hundred years in a fascinating history of crime, and the turn-off men who handled the penalties-many of them criminals themselves, doing the grim work to save their own…
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- ISBN: 978-1-84468-840-1
- EAN: 9781844688401
- Produktnummer: 31925179
- Verlag: Pen & Sword Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 176 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 8'651 KB
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