Grisly and blackly humorous, the book details the gruesome history of torture, restraint and punishment from the days of the Normans to the late nineteenth century. How it must have felt to be faced with horrifying torture and to have lived during a time when torture was considered an acceptable form of punishment, is chillingly conveyed through eyewitness accounts of the time. This is a fascinating account of torture, in all its various and gruesome guises and provides vivid insights into the lives and times of both torturers and tortured.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Caxton Publishing, Caxton Editions
ISBN-10
1860197957
ISBN-13
9781860197956
eBay Product ID (ePID)
104349979
Product Key Features
Author
Geoffrey Abbott
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
History: Specific Subjects
Type
Textbook
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Content Note
B&W Photographs
Author Biography
Geoffrey Abbott joined the RAF as an aero-engine fitter and served all over the world. On leaving the RAF in 1974, he became a member of the Body of Yeoman Warders in the Tower of London
Out-Of-Print Date
22/06/2002
Date of Publication
01/01/2000
Edition Statement
New Edition
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
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