The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the ScaffoldSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2004. ápr. 3. - 240 oldal A morbidly fascinating mixture of bungled executions, strange last requests, and classic final one-liners from medieval times to the present day. |
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... death on the scaffold, however violent, was accepted by the populace as the norm and, to many, as a regular source ... sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered? After all, the victims were there to be punished — and punished they were ...
... death. Burned. at. the. Stake. Woman Burned At The Stake This was the dreaded sentence passed on heretics, sorcerers, witches and women found guilty of treasonable acts. Taken to a public site, usually the marketplace, they were either ...
... death coming almost instantly by the dislocation of the neck's vertebrae and severance of the spinal cord. It is often thought that hanging immediately ... death sentence passed on the regicides who had signed the death warrant of Charles.
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The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the Scaffold Geoffrey Abbott Korlátozott előnézet - 2004 |
The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the Scaffold Geoffrey Abbott Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2002 |