Severed Heads: British Beheadings Through the Ages
3 journalers for this copy...
Ordered this ages ago from amazon to learn more about Beheadings. Haven't registered a book in ages!
I think no matter how interesting the subject is, I will always enjoy history more when it's mingled with fiction. Most of the people beheaded in the book, I knew of. Some I did not. I think I will have to start reading more about the Stuarts. Some of the people on the day of their beheadings made light of it, I'm not sure I would be able to do that. I liked the quote from Katherine Howard - "I die a Queen, but I would rather die the wife of Culpeper" I would read more of Abbott's books.
Journal Entry 3 by redfox5 at Sweepstake, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (10/18/2011 UTC) at Sweepstake, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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Happy Halloween. Enjoy your treats. No tricks here :)
This arrived with a whole array of Hallowe'en goodies! Thank you, redfox!
An informative and readable, if necessarily somewhat ghoulish, tour around the history of British executions, by a former Yeoman Warder. Geoffrey Abbot has an engaging style, and slotted the various case histories into their historical context neatly and efficiently.
Journal Entry 6 by elstaplador at Sweepstake, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Monday, October 15, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (10/15/2012 UTC) at Sweepstake, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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Sending to the winner of the Hallowe'en sweepstake. Enjoy!
Arrived today it appears I am one of the winners of the Halloween Sweepstakes :o)
