Execution: The Guillotine, the Pendulum, the Thousand Cuts, the Spanish Donkey, and 66 Other Ways of Putting Someone to DeathSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2006. ápr. 4. - 288 oldal In his own darkly humorous style, Geoffrey Abbott describes the instruments used and their effectiveness and reveals the macabre origins of familiar phrases such as "gone west" or "drawn a blank," as well as the jargon of the underworld. He covers everything from the preparation of the victim to the disposal of the body. Execution is everything you ever wanted to know about the ultimate penalty---and a lot you never thought to ask. |
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... King Charles |, required an almost prone position, this attitude inducing an even greater sense of helplessness in the victim. A new block was usually prepared for each execution, the impact of the heavy blows invariably splitting the ...
... King James |, was accused of treasonable plotting and was imprisoned in the Bloody Tower. Long years passed, and Raleigh eventually promised the king that, given leave, he would sail to South America, El Dorado, and bring back cargoes ...
... king or his country. When all was ready, he turned to the executioner and said he would like to examine the axe. He ran his finger along the edge and said, 'This is sharp medicine, but it will cure all diseases.' He then knelt down and ...
... priest of St Vitalis and had dispatched a cardinal's hat to the prelate, the king, with savage humour, exclaimed: 'Fore God, then, he shall wear it on his shoulders!' 1;':w - Heads on London Bridge The bishop was condemned.
... king, and also for the false evidence she had supplied whereby her husband, Lord Rochford, had been executed for alleged incest with his own sister, Anne Boleyn. Incredible defiance rather than grace and propriety was shown when ...
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