Execution: A Guide to the Ultimate Penalty

Execution: A Guide to the Ultimate Penalty by ABBOTT GEOFFREY


ISBN
9781849532556
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
400
Dimensions
130 x 198 x 17mm

Execution is a gruesomely fascinating account of methods of judicial execution from around the world and through the ages, and includes such hair-raising categories as death by cannibalism, being sewn into an animal's belly and a thousand cuts. 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. From the preparation of the victim to the disposal of the body, Execution answers all the questions you are ever likely to ask, and some you would never want to imagine. AUTHOR: Geoffrey Abbot served in the RAF in World War Two before becoming a 'Beefeater' at the Tower of London. He has written more than twenty-four books on torture and execution and has appeared in numerous TV documentaries as consultant or executioner and by invitation has written entries on torture and execution for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. ILLUSTRATIONS: b/w
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