Capital Punishment

London's Places of Execution

Robert Bard (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2016 | UK ed.
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
9781445667362 (ISBN)

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This book examines a darker side of London's history through its places of execution.

London had many places of execution: Tyburn, of course, but also Smithfield, Wapping, Kennington, Tower Hill and Charing Cross among others. All of these venues allowed the public to participate – whether in approval or opposition – and, in the opinion of the authorities, provided deterrence at a time when even trivial offences carried the death penalty. Author Robert Bard surveys the capital's places of execution and seeks to explain the prevailing appetite of the authorities and the public for such punishment and such grisly spectacle.

Robert Bard (PhD) is an author and historian, a former pilot for Jersey European Airways, and a long-time keen yachtsman who has had a continuous contact with Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey for over thirty-five years. He has written many books for Amberley Publishing, including The Channel Islands at War: A Dark History, London’s Hidden Burial Grounds, and more recently Paranormal Berkshire. He lives in Chipping Barnet in Hertfordshire.

Erscheinungsdatum	10.11.2016
Zusatzinfo	100 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Chalford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 234 mm
Gewicht	299 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781445667362 / 9781445667362
Zustand	Neuware