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Billington : Victorian executioner / Alison Bruce
by Bruce, Alison
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0750947748
- ISBN 13
- 9780750947749
- Seller
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About This Item
Stroud : History Press, 2009. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 224 pp., 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: 'Thaal Nivver Feel It'; Chapter Two: 'Worse than Helen'; Chapter Three: 'He Never had a Dream in his Life'; Chapter Four: Into the Mills; Chapter Five: 'Poisoning He Goes'; Chapter Six: 'A Copper Pot'; Chapter Seven: 'Knock, Knock, Knock on the Floor'; Chapter Eight: A Murder Charge Made for Two; Chapter Nine: Boyhood Haunts; Chapter Ten: In a Position of Trust; Chapter Eleven: Scandal Quote; Chapter Twelve: 'Nobody Believes Her'; Chapter Thirteen: Too Many Lies; Chapter Fourteen: 'I Wish I had Never Come'; Chapter Fifteen: William's ReignChapter Sixteen: The End of the Billingtons; Nigel Preston Interview; Author's Note; Appendix 1: Execution Ropes; Appendix 2: School for Hangmen; Appendix 3: Index of Executions; Bibliography; Plates; Copyright. Subjects; Billington, James 1847-1901. Executions and executioners Great Britain. Biography. Hanging. Capital punishments.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 386106
- Title
- Billington : Victorian executioner / Alison Bruce
- Author
- Bruce, Alison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0750947748
- ISBN 13
- 9780750947749
- Publisher
- Stroud : History Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2009
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