Executioners by Clarke, Phil -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Contents Introduction PART ONE: EARLY FORMS OF EXECUTION Crucifixion Stoning Human Sacrifice Ritual Human Sacrifice Mayan Sacrifice Phalaris Buried Alive PART TWO: THE SPANISH INQUISITION The Papal Inquisition Conrad of Marburg Robert Le Bougre Peter of Verona The Spanish Inquisition The Procedure The Rise and Fall Tomás de Torquemada Diego de Deza Diego Rodríguez Lucero PART THREE: THE WITCH HUNTERS Witch-hunting Origins Matthew Hopkins – Witch-finder General Salem The Witch-hunters: France The Witch-hunters: Germany PART FOUR: IMPALEMENT Impalement Vlad the Impaler Ali Pasha PART FIVE: NEWGATE PRISON Newgate Gaol Peine Forte et Dure The Executioners PART SIX: TYBURN Tyburn The Journey to Tyburn PART SEVEN: THE GUILLOTINE Before the Guillotine The Halifax Gibbet The Guillotine The Sanson Dynasty Fernand Meysonnier Marcel Chevalier PART EIGHT: HUNG, DRAWN & QUARTERED Hanging, Drawing, Quartering William Calcraft William Marwood James Berry The Billingtons The Pierrepoint Family PART NINE: THE ELECTRIC CHAIR The Electric Chair The First Electrocutions The Procedure PART TEN: THE GAS CHAMBER The Creation – The Idea The Chamber Post Execution PART ELEVEN: LETHAL INJECTION Lethal Injection Poor Shots Copyright

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