Executioners - Couverture souple

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Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0708803660 ISBN 13 : 9780708803660

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Anglo-Saxon invaders first introduced hanging by the neck as capital punishment to England, and it was used by William the Conqueror as punishment for his conspirators. Other forms of formal execution over the years were carried out by lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad or the guillotine. The Pierrepoints were the most famous family of executioners. They took their job very seriously and were involved in around 800 executions, getting rid of murderers, spies and Nazis. William Marwood, a 19th-century cobbler, introduced the 'long drop' method of hanging which ensured that the prisoner's neck was broken instantly, which removed all the gruesome struggling and convulsions of previous methods.

Biographie de l'auteur

'Phil Robin Clarke has worked in the film business on Star Wars and Harry Potter, written screenplays and runs a script consultancy. Liz Hardy lives in Sussex.

Détails de l'édition

• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0708803660
• ISBN 13: 9780708803660
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 510
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Klondyke B.V.; info@klondyke.nl; ; Vlaardingenstraat 51; Almere; 1324LB; Pays-Bas