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Lords of the Scaffold : A History of the Executioner Geoffrey Abbott
- Author: Geoffrey Abbott
- Date: 01 Jul 1991
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Language: English
- Format: Hardback::191 pages
- ISBN10: 0312065590
- ISBN13: 9780312065591
- File size: 36 Mb
- Dimension: 132.08x 215.9x 27.94mm::453.59g
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Lords of the Scaffold, Hale 1991/Dob, 2001. Rack, Rope and Red-Hot Some executions were botched either the executioners or the equipment But, as related Alfred Marks in his History and Annals of. Tyburn, 1908, 'shortly As her ladies sobbed silently, Anne paid the executioner, the famous Sword of Calais, praying all the while: O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul. We do not know who attended Anne on the scaffold, although legend has it that You have brought to life and made personal this horrific time in history as V.A.C. Gatrell, The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People, 1770 1868 G. Abbott, Lords of the Scaffold: A History of the Executioner (1991), 135 6. Title: Lords of the Scaffold: a history of the executioner. Description: Robert Hale, 1991. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket 1st edition. A bright Lords of the Scaffold: A History of the Executioner Geoffrey Abbott (2001-10-01) [Geoffrey Abbott] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Executions and executioners Initially, beheading an executioner was usually performed with a sword, axe, or hatchet, later executions were sometimes performed with a guillotine instead. Scaffold in Hanau, Germany. In the Wolfgang district of Hanau, on the grounds of the old Argonne barracks, still stands the scaffold Lords of the Scaffold: A History of the Executioner [Geoffrey Abbott] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A macabre account of executioners through the centuries, from the brutal axeman, hooded and masked, to the hangman of the present century A brief synopsis of two such works Jean Kellaway's The History of Torture and Execution and Geoffrey Abbott's Lords of the Scaffold: A History of the Lords of the Scaffold:A History of the Executioner G. ABBOTT. Robert Hale, 1991. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in good condition. 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