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Shares the stories of bungled executions, unusual last requests, and classic final words from medieval times to the present, from the parting quip of Sir Thomas More, who charged his executioners with not having a warrant to cut off his beard, to the retaliation against Isabeau Herman's inept killer. 15,000 first printing.
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Geoffrey Abbott served for many years as a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London. Author of sixteen books and contributor to the Encyclopedia Britannica, he has made numerous television appearances. He lives in London.
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- PublisherSt Martins Pr
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0312325630
- ISBN 13 9780312325633
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages240
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