The Book of Execution: An Encyclopedia of Methods of Judicial Execution

Geoffrey Abbott

ISBN 10: 0747245819 / ISBN 13: 9780747245810

Published by Headline, London, England, 1994

About this Item

12 pages of B&W photos. From the gruesomely familiar to the grisly and bizarre, The Book of Execution gives the most comprehensive account ever published of the 'ultimate penalty.' Wear at edges, reading creases, some creases on book, rubbed with some white showing, sticker remnants on back cover. Size: 4 1/4" x 7".

Seller Inventory # 008900

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Execution: An Encyclopedia of Methods of Judicial Execution
• Publisher: Headline, London, England
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747245819
• ISBN 13: 9780747245810
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: Second Edition
• Condition: Very Good Minus
• Book Type: PAPERBACK

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Synopsis

This is a collection of gruesome executions, from being eaten by animals, boiled alive and burned at the stake to the electric chair, hanging, the iron maiden and torn apart by horses.

About the Author

On leaving the RAF in 1974, Geoffrey Abbott became a member of the Body of Yeoman Warders and lived with his wife in HM Tower of London. He now lives in the Lake District, where he enjoys writing, visiting castles and being Mace Bearer to the Mayor of Kendal.