Bibliograph

Rope, a history of the hanged, Amanda Howard

Type

Label

Rope, a history of the hanged, Amanda Howard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-266)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rope

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Amanda Howard

Sub title

a history of the hanged

Summary

Rope: A History of the Hanged takes the reader on a journey throughout the history of hanging, detailing the evolution of what was once a common method of capital punishment, from the development of the drop to the invention of the gallows by Tyburn Gallows. Readers will be enlightened on the mechanisms of the act of hanging as well as famous executioners like Albert Pierrepoint and William Calcraft

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

History of the hanged

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