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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... Buried Alive Buried Alive Upside-Down Burned at the Stake Burned Internally Cannibalism Cauldron Cave of Roses Crucifixion Cyphon Diele Drowning Dry Pan Eaten by Animals Eaten by Crocodiles Electric Chair.
... buried in St Margaret's, Westminster, and his head, after being shown to the crowds on both sides of the scaffold, was placed in a leather bag and taken away by his wife, Lady Raleigh, in the mourning coach. Encased in a box, it ...
... buried with her in the Roper tomb in St Dunstan's Church, Canterbury, 'in a niche of the wall, in a leaden box, something of the shape of a beehive, open in front, and with an iron grating before it', as it was described when inspected ...
... buried in the Chapel of St Peter. But perhaps the best-known lady to suffer death by the axe was Mary, Queen of Scots. She was suspected by Queen Elizabeth I of plotting to ascend the English throne, a challenge that could be eliminated ...
... witness that the execution had indeed been done. Nearly seven months were to elapse before her body was eventually buried, the delay being caused by a disagreement between Elizabeth and Mary's son, James W of Scotland, as.
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