Female executions : martyrs, murderesses and madwomen
Abbott, G. (Geoffrey), 1922-2013
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The fairer sex get it in the neck in these grisly tales from the gallows, guillotine and gas chamber. From Nan Hereford, the cloaked highwayman who help up coaches with just her fists, to the woman who survived the gallows and took her empty coffin away with her, 'Female Executions' illuminates history's darker periods with a detailed and factual approach. Grimly funny and darkly gripping, interspersed with unusual last requests and balck and white illustrations throughout, this is history at its most morbidly fascinating.
Main title:
Female executions : martyrs, murderesses and madwomen / Geoffrey Abbott.
Author:
Abbott, G. (Geoffrey), 1922-, author
Work:
Imprint:
Chichester, West Sussex : Summersdale, 2013.Chichester, West Sussex : Summersdale, 2013.
Collation:
302 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: as Lipstick on the noose. 2003.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781849534932 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.6608209364.66082
Language:
English
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BRN:
1025343