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1Truman Capote's In cold blood

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“Truman Capote's In cold blood” Metadata:

  • Title: Truman Capote's In cold blood
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 269
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Pub. Co.
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Belmont, Calif

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  • The Open Library ID: OL5604882M
  • Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 234077
  • Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 68011952

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  • First Year Published: 1968
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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2Melville's Billy Budd and the critics

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  • Title: ➤  Melville's Billy Budd and the critics
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 180
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Pub. Co.
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: ➤  Belmont, CA - Belmont, Calif - San Francisco

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  • First Year Published: 1961
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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3Prisons, Race, and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature and Film (Black Performance and Cultural Criticism)

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  • Title: ➤  Prisons, Race, and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature and Film (Black Performance and Cultural Criticism)
  • Authors:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 300
  • Publisher: Ohio State University Press
  • Publish Date:

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  • First Year Published: 2008
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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4Twentieth century interpretations of Billy Budd

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  • Title: ➤  Twentieth century interpretations of Billy Budd
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 112
  • Publisher: ➤  Pearson Education, Limited - Prentice-Hall
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Englewood Cliffs, N.J

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  • First Year Published: 1971
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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5Readings on Billy Budd

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  • Title: Readings on Billy Budd
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 193
  • Publisher: Greenhaven Press
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: San Diego

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  • First Year Published: 2002
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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6Reading Billy Budd

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  • Title: Reading Billy Budd
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 190
  • Publisher: Northwestern University Press
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Evanston, Ill

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  • First Year Published: 1990
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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7The Merrill studies in Billy Budd

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  • Title: ➤  The Merrill studies in Billy Budd
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 142
  • Publisher: Merrill
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Columbus, Ohio

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  • First Year Published: 1970
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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8Creative teaching on a budget

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“Creative teaching on a budget” Metadata:

  • Title: Creative teaching on a budget
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 96
  • Publisher: Merrill
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Upper Saddle River, N.J

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  • First Year Published: 2000
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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9The Spectacle of Death

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  • Title: The Spectacle of Death
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 292
  • Publisher: Prometheus Books
  • Publish Date:

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  • First Year Published: 2006
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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10In the time before steamships

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“In the time before steamships” Metadata:

  • Title: In the time before steamships
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 210
  • Publisher: ➤  Northern Illinois University Press
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: DeKalb

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  • First Year Published: 1979
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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11Death Comes to the Maiden

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  • Title: Death Comes to the Maiden
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 296
  • Publisher: ➤  Taylor & Francis Group - Routledge
  • Publish Date:

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  • First Year Published: 2012
  • Is Full Text Available: No
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: No_ebook

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12The false traitor

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  • Title: The false traitor
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 273
  • Publisher: University of Toronto Press
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Buffalo - Toronto

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  • First Year Published: 1999
  • Is Full Text Available: No
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: No_ebook

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13Executions and the British experience from the 17th to the 20th century

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  • Title: ➤  Executions and the British experience from the 17th to the 20th century
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 186
  • Publisher: McFarland
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Jefferson, N.C

“Executions and the British experience from the 17th to the 20th century” Subjects and Themes:

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  • First Year Published: 1990
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Printdisabled

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    14Demands of the dead

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    • Title: Demands of the dead
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    • Language: English
    • Publisher: University of Iowa Press
    • Publish Date:
    • Publish Location: Iowa City

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    • First Year Published: 2012
    • Is Full Text Available: No
    • Is The Book Public: No
    • Access Status: No_ebook

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    15Death Comes to the Maiden

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    • Title: Death Comes to the Maiden
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    • Language: English
    • Number of Pages: Median: 289
    • Publisher: Routledge
    • Publish Date:
    • Publish Location: London - New York

    “Death Comes to the Maiden” Subjects and Themes:

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    Access and General Info:

    • First Year Published: 1991
    • Is Full Text Available: Yes
    • Is The Book Public: No
    • Access Status: Printdisabled

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      16Littérature et sang-froid

      un récit véridique de Truman Capote pose des questions au roman.

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      “Littérature et sang-froid” Metadata:

      • Title: Littérature et sang-froid
      • Author:
      • Language: fre
      • Number of Pages: Median: 181
      • Publisher: ➤  De Brouwer - Desclée, De Brouwer
      • Publish Date:
      • Publish Location: Paris - [Paris] Desclée

      “Littérature et sang-froid” Subjects and Themes:

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      Access and General Info:

      • First Year Published: 1967
      • Is Full Text Available: No
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: No_ebook

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      17Literary Executions

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      “Literary Executions” Metadata:

      • Title: Literary Executions
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      • Language: English
      • Number of Pages: Median: 344
      • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      • Publish Date:

      “Literary Executions” Subjects and Themes:

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      Access and General Info:

      • First Year Published: 2014
      • Is Full Text Available: No
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: No_ebook

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      18Animals in exile

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      “Animals in exile” Metadata:

      • Title: Animals in exile
      • Author:
      • Language: English
      • Number of Pages: Median: 28
      • Publisher: ➤  Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University
      • Publish Date:
      • Publish Location: [Middletown, Conn.]

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      • First Year Published: 1967
      • Is Full Text Available: No
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: No_ebook

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      19William Shakespeare adapts a hanging

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      “William Shakespeare adapts a hanging” Metadata:

      • Title: ➤  William Shakespeare adapts a hanging
      • Author:
      • Language: English
      • Number of Pages: Median: 201
      • Publisher: ➤  Princeton University Press - Folcroft Press
      • Publish Date:
      • Publish Location: Princeton - [Folcroft, Pa.]

      “William Shakespeare adapts a hanging” Subjects and Themes:

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      • First Year Published: 1931
      • Is Full Text Available: No
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: No_ebook

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      20The courtroom as forum

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      “The courtroom as forum” Metadata:

      • Title: The courtroom as forum
      • Author:
      • Language: English
      • Number of Pages: Median: 164
      • Publisher: ➤  P. Lang - Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
      • Publish Date:
      • Publish Location: New York

      “The courtroom as forum” Subjects and Themes:

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      • First Year Published: 1996
      • Is Full Text Available: No
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: No_ebook

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      21Halálgyárosok

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      “Halálgyárosok” Metadata:

      • Title: Halálgyárosok
      • Author:
      • Language: hun
      • Number of Pages: Median: 46
      • Publisher: Redaktion] Politikai Fogoly
      • Publish Date:
      • Publish Location: Bad-Godesberg

      “Halálgyárosok” Subjects and Themes:

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      Access and General Info:

      • First Year Published: 1966
      • Is Full Text Available: No
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: No_ebook

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      22Sentenced to death

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      “Sentenced to death” Metadata:

      • Title: Sentenced to death
      • Author:
      • Language: English
      • Number of Pages: Median: 179
      • Publisher: ➤  University Press of Mississippi
      • Publish Date:
      • Publish Location: Jackson

      “Sentenced to death” Subjects and Themes:

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      Access and General Info:

      • First Year Published: 1997
      • Is Full Text Available: Yes
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: Printdisabled

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        23Parole vraie, parole vide

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        “Parole vraie, parole vide” Metadata:

        • Title: Parole vraie, parole vide
        • Author:
        • Language: fre
        • Number of Pages: Median: 182
        • Publisher: Classiques Garnier
        • Publish Date:
        • Publish Location: Paris

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        • First Year Published: 2014
        • Is Full Text Available: No
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: No_ebook

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        24La Maschera del boia

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        “La Maschera del boia” Metadata:

        • Title: La Maschera del boia
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        • Language: ita
        • Number of Pages: Median: 91
        • Publisher: Herodote
        • Publish Date:
        • Publish Location: Genova

        “La Maschera del boia” Subjects and Themes:

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        • First Year Published: 1982
        • Is Full Text Available: No
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: No_ebook

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        25Critical Insights : a Tale of Two Cities

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        • Title: ➤  Critical Insights : a Tale of Two Cities
        • Author:
        • Language: English
        • Publisher: Salem Press, Incorporated
        • Publish Date:

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        Access and General Info:

        • First Year Published: 2021
        • Is Full Text Available: No
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: No_ebook

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        26Shakespeare and public execution

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        • Title: ➤  Shakespeare and public execution
        • Author:
        • Language: English
        • Number of Pages: Median: 145
        • Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
        • Publish Date:
        • Publish Location: Lewiston, N.Y

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        • First Year Published: 2004
        • Is Full Text Available: No
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: No_ebook

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        27The Mary Carleton narratives, 1663-1673

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        “The Mary Carleton narratives, 1663-1673” Metadata:

        • Title: ➤  The Mary Carleton narratives, 1663-1673
        • Author:
        • Language: English
        • Number of Pages: Median: 106
        • Publisher: Books for Libraries Press
        • Publish Date:
        • Publish Location: Freeport, N.Y

        “The Mary Carleton narratives, 1663-1673” Subjects and Themes:

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        Access and General Info:

        • First Year Published: 1971
        • Is Full Text Available: Yes
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: Printdisabled

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          28The self-fashioning of an early modern Englishwoman

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          • Title: ➤  The self-fashioning of an early modern Englishwoman
          • Author:
          • Language: English
          • Number of Pages: Median: 338
          • Publisher: Ashgate
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: ➤  Burlington, VT - Aldershot, Hants, England

          “The self-fashioning of an early modern Englishwoman” Subjects and Themes:

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          • First Year Published: 2004
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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          29New Essays on Billy Budd (The American Novel)

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          “New Essays on Billy Budd (The American Novel)” Metadata:

          • Title: ➤  New Essays on Billy Budd (The American Novel)
          • Author:
          • Language: English
          • Number of Pages: Median: 151
          • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: Cambridge, UK - New York, NY

          “New Essays on Billy Budd (The American Novel)” Subjects and Themes:

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          Access and General Info:

          • First Year Published: 2002
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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          30Gegen Folter und Todesstrafe

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          “Gegen Folter und Todesstrafe” Metadata:

          • Title: Gegen Folter und Todesstrafe
          • Author:
          • Language: ger
          • Number of Pages: Median: 326
          • Publisher: Lang - Peter Lang
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: Frankfurt am Main - New York

          “Gegen Folter und Todesstrafe” Subjects and Themes:

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          • First Year Published: 2007
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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          31Billy Budd e la negazione dell'innocenza

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          “Billy Budd e la negazione dell'innocenza” Metadata:

          • Title: ➤  Billy Budd e la negazione dell'innocenza
          • Author:
          • Language: ita
          • Number of Pages: Median: 115
          • Publisher: Edizioni scientifiche italiane
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: [Napoli]

          “Billy Budd e la negazione dell'innocenza” Subjects and Themes:

          Edition Identifiers:

          • The Open Library ID: OL4993741M
          • Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 2648247
          • Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 76485305

          Access and General Info:

          • First Year Published: 1976
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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          32Le testament de Melville

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          “Le testament de Melville” Metadata:

          • Title: Le testament de Melville
          • Author:
          • Language: fre
          • Number of Pages: Median: 246
          • Publisher: Gallimard
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: [Paris]

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          • First Year Published: 2011
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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          33Executions and the British experience from the 17th to the 20th century

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          • Title: ➤  Executions and the British experience from the 17th to the 20th century
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          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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          34The Mary Carleton narratives, 1663-1673

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          • Title: ➤  The Mary Carleton narratives, 1663-1673
          • Author:
          • Language: English
          • Number of Pages: Median: 106
          • Publisher: ➤  Harvard University Press; [etc., etc.]
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: Cambridge

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          • First Year Published: 1914
          • Is Full Text Available: Yes
          • Is The Book Public: Yes
          • Access Status: Public

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            Albert Pierrepoint

            on executions. The temporary ban was made permanent on 18 December 1969. Locations of executions conducted by Albert Pierrepoint List of executioners The

            List of executioners

            have acted as official executioners. In 1870 the Republic of France abolished all local executioners and named the executioner of Algiers, Antoine Rasseneux

            Execution of Louis XVI

            instruments of his execution and asked Sanson why the drums had stopped beating. He came forward to speak, but there were shouts to the executioners to get on

            Capital punishment

            24 executions in the year 730 and 58 executions in the year 736. The two most common forms of execution in the Tang dynasty were strangulation and decapitation

            The Executioner's Song

            The Executioner's Song (1979) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning true crime novel by Norman Mailer that depicts the events related to the execution of Gary Gilmore

            Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

            and Elizabeth Curle, and the executioners helped Mary to take off her pomander beads and remove her outer garments, revealing a velvet petticoat and a

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            the executioner dropped the execution wheel on the shinbones of the convicted person and then worked his way up to the arms. Here, rhythm and number

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            smugglers and mutineers who had been sentenced to death by Admiralty courts. The "dock" consisted of a scaffold for hanging. The last executions at this

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            at the Maksim Gorky Ural State University, has established that the executioners were Yakov Yurovsky, G. P. Nikulin, M. A. Medvedev (Kudrin), Peter Ermakov

            Capital punishment in the United States

            "Executions Overview". Death Penalty Information Center. "Executions by Race and Race of Victim". Death Penalty Information Center. Marian J. Borg and