Robert Frederick Opie takes the reader on a sometimes terrifying journey tracing the development of the guillotine over nearly two centuries, recounting the stories of famous executions and some of the most touching pleas for mercy.



Zusammenfassung
The guillotine is a most potent image of revolutionary France, the tool whereby a whole society was 'redesigned'. Tracing the development of the guillotine, this book recounts the stories of famous executions, the lives of the executioners, and the research into whether the head retained consciousness after it was separated from the body.
Titel
Guillotine
EAN
9780752496054
ISBN
978-0-7524-9605-4
Format
E-Book (epub)
Veröffentlichung
27.03.1997
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
0.28 MB
Anzahl Seiten
224
Jahr
1997
Untertitel
Englisch