In this book, the author of 'True Crime Diary' and other popular crime book presents a vivid and shocking study of men entrusted with the ghastly duty of carrying out public executions. Individual hangmen whose careers are explored in this gruesome history include: Gregory Brandon, John Ketch, John Price, John Thrift and William Curry. Despite its many horrors, this book offers a fascinating gallery of outlandish figures, full of authentic details from contemporary sources of information. No serious student of crime will want to miss it; no connoisseur of the macabre will want to part with it.
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This review is from: The common hangman: English and Scottish hangmen before the abolition of public executions (Hardcover)
This book is not in any macabe, it is in fact most informative with a lot of general history of the period a worth read for those with interest in the sort of people England, Scotland & Wales used as hangmen in early times.
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This review is from: The common hangman: English and Scottish hangmen before the abolition of public executions (Hardcover)
This book is not in any macabe, it is in fact most informative with a lot of general history of the period a worth read for those with interest in the sort of people England, Scotland & Wales used as hangmen in early times.
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