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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... 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.
... burned at the stake; the wheel was invented — and felons were broken on it; blunt iron became sharpened steel — so decapitation by axe and sword became possible. And even if such knowledge or facilities were not available, local ...
... burned, so that no relics of the 'martyred' queen could be retained as a rallying-point. The body was then carried into another room by the sheriff and his sons and prepared for the surgeons who would embalm her corpse. Her head was ...
... burned with fire; moreover they applied spits, sharpened and made red hot, to his back, and pierced his sides and inwards, searing the latter dreadfully.' Some wheels were smaller, so that once the victim had been spreadeagled on it ...
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