ROPE A History of the Hanged

Softcover. This is a short history of the hanged - criminal and political cases, the guilty and the wrongly accused. There are some incredible stories - badly conducted hangings, innocent men and women, miraculous survivals and horrific deaths. The author has uncovered a relatively unknown history, delving into case studies of individuals and entire communities even, obsessed with hanging throughout the ages. The author 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. The book covers a multitude of hangings including mass hangings like the Salem Witch Trials and the Nuremburg Trials, botched executions like that of Eva Dugan and the hanging of innocents. Includes a chapter heading 'Jack the Ripper' and features : Frederick Deeming, William Henry Bury, Thomas Neil(sic) Cream and George Chapman. With Appendix, Endnotes and Bibliog. 266pp. trade size softcover. As New with no creasing to covers.