The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People 1770-1868
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Some thirty-five thousand people were condemned to death in England and Wales between 1770 and 1830, and seven thousand were ultimately executed, the majority convicted of crimes such as burglary, horse theft, or forgery. Mostly poor trades people--weavers, clerks, whipmakers--these terrified men and women would suffer excruciating death before large and excited crowds. Indeed, crowds of three to seven thousand were normal, and for famous cases, the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198204132
ISBN13:9780198204138
Release Date:December 1994
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:656 Pages
Weight:2.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.6" x 6.5" x 9.5"
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