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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... which the king would be secured should he resist. Of the fifteen people present on the scaffold — His Majesty's personal bishop, friends and Parliamentary officers — two were the executioners, one having a grey beard, the other with flaxen.
... secured a second lash nine inches long. That in turn also had a ring at its extremity, to which was attached a few inches of hard leather, ending in a beak-like hook. Another version consisted of plaited thongs of leather inten/voven ...
... secured on a wide wooden bench, and an iron-flanged wheel was then laid on his body. The executioner, wielding a heavy hammer, then pounded the wheel, starting at the victim's ankles and working slowly upwards, smashing the bones to ...
... secured round the rim, the wheel was pushed along. But divine providence interceded, for the wheel broke and the spikes napped off, injuring many of the hitherto gloating spectators. Frustrated, Emperor Maxentius sentenced her to be ...
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