Hanging in Chains
| Author | : Albert Hartshorne |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 1891 |
| ISBN-10 | : HARVARD:32044022656755 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Hanging in Chains by : Albert Hartshorne
Download or read book Hanging in Chains written by Albert Hartshorne and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First edition of this scarce book, and an uncommonly upbeat work on capital punishment. Hartshorne's Hanging In Chains provides us with a brief history of execution in England and Europe and then covers in great detail the practice of gibbetting, the hanging of a person in chains as either a means of execution or torture and the display of piracy and wrongdoing to the general public. The work has significant material on pirates and piracy."--Description from Buddenbrooks, bookseller.
