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1- Geoffrey Abbott Execution: The Guillotine, the Pendulum, the Thousand Cuts Review

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    Harriet Klausner
    on 22nd Mar 2006


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    Execution: The Guillotine, the Pendulum, the Thousand Cuts, the Spanish Donkey, and 66 Other Ways of Putting Someone to Death Geoffrey Abbott St. Martin's, May 2006, $23.95, 288pp. ISBN: 0312352220 Surprisingly considering the topic of historical references to torture and execution techniques, this tome is a enthralling well written look at how it was applied in western society over the centuries. The book is arranged in alphabetical order with the sizes of each entry varying based on ava ...
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