Amazing True Stories of Execution Blunders

• Author(s): Geoffrey Abbott,
• Publisher: Hachette UK
• Pages: 240
• ISBN_10: 1783721707
  ISBN_13: 9781783721702
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Historical , History / Expeditions & Discoveries , True Crime / General ,

Description:... 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.