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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... Sword Thousand Cuts Throat Slitting Thrown from a Great Height Tied in a Sack with Animals Torn Apart between Two Trees Torn Apart by Boats Torn Apart by Horses Twenty-Four Cuts Miscellaneous Jargon of the Unden/vorld Appendices Select ...
... sword became possible. And even if such knowledge or facilities were not available, local resources always existed with which to dispose of unwanted members of society — they were fed to crocodiles, trampled under elephants' feet ...
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