Amazing True Stories of Execution Blunders

Geoffrey Abbott

PB 320 PP 198 x 129 B&W ILLUS 1862547327 $24.95 True Story / True Crime EAN 9781862547322 Wakefield Press

The business of death can be seriously absurd, and nothing illustrates this better than these gruesome true tales. This gory compendium details the frankly ridiculous ways in which a number of ill-fated unfortunates met, or failed to meet, their maker at the hands of lamentably inept executioners.

With black and white illustrations, this book brings together a mixture of bungled executions, strange last requests and classic one-liners from medieval times to the present day.

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