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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... hundreds of times without breaking the skin, or, at the other extreme, tear the flesh off in long strips. Such ... hundred strokes until they lost consciousness. Many suffered prolonged applications of the bastinado on the soles of ...
... hundred and even seven hundred strokes before being taken down, the Hood running down into their shoes, their backs flayed like raw; red, chopped-sausage meat'. He continued: 'Some bore this awful punishment without flinching, for two ...
... hundred and fifty witchfinders 'smelt out' over three hundred tribesmen, declaring them all guilty of smearing the royal kraal, the palace, with blood. However, Shaka, the ruler, declared them all to be innocent, stating that he had ...
... as giving her name to that well-known firework, the Catherine wheel, she is the patron saint of wheelwrights and philosophers, and not only do a hundred and seventy medieval steeple bells in England bear her name, but sixty-two churches.
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