The British Execution : 1500-1964 Paperback / softback
by Dr Stephen Banks
Part of the Shire Library series
Paperback / softback
Description
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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:56 pages, 30 b/w; 40 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:10/09/2013
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- ISBN:9780747812425
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:56 pages, 30 b/w; 40 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:10/09/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780747812425
