A highly illustrated and accessible chronicle of one of the world's oldest and most unpopular practises: punishment and torture. The book is organised into seven chapters, each charting the evolution of various types of punishment, including capital punishment, penal servitude transportation and corporal punishment. Each of these chapters deals with topics as diverse as the Tolpuddle Martyrs and the Spanish Inquisition. All of the subjects covered are placed in the social and legal context with a range of historical images and photographs.
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Karen Farrington is a former national newspaper journalist who has written several history titles including Hamlyn History of the Supernatural and Hamlyn History of Religion. She lives with her family in Devon, U.K.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Creepy coffeetable book,
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This review is from: Hamlyn History of Punishment and Torture (Paperback)
This is a wonderful starting-point for research into the history of crime and punishment. It's chock-full of illustrations. Frankly, it's the illustrations you want to see when reading about a subject like this. There are photos and descriptions of torture implements, woodcuttings of torture chambers, and observers' accounts.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
broad and shallow,
By Janrae Frank "Dark Fantasy Author" (Fitchburg, ma United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hamlyn History of Punishment and Torture (Paperback)
The book is both broad, covering a lot of ground, but intensely shallow. The pictures are almost worth the price of admission, but the details are seriously lacking. Reads like a Time/Life book which tantalizes but does not produce anything. I bought it as research for a novel in progress and was very dissatisfied.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful yet horrifying,
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This review is from: Hamlyn History of Punishment and Torture (Paperback)
The book is very well illustrated and done in full color throughout. It is fascinating and gory; a great reminder of how civilized we have become and how safe a world we live in now. Read it in doses because too much of it at once is apt to make you sick and disgusted with the human animal.
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