Through studies of beheaded Irish traitors, smugglers hung in chains on the English coast, suicides subjected to the surgeon's knife in Dresden and the burial of executed Nazi war criminals, this volume provides a fresh perspective on the history of capital punishment. This book has two open access chapters under a CC BY license.
| ISBN: | 9781349552344 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 2013 |
| Author: | Richard Ward |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 313 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and Its Afterlife |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history General and world history Criminal or forensic psychology Criminal law: procedure and offences |