The early modern execution was far more than a spectator sport. The period between the Restoration and the American Revolution witnessed the rise and fall of execution literature: last speeches and confessions; criminal trials and biographies, featuring the criminal as an Everyman (or Everywoman) holding up a mirror to the sins of his readers.
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- SKU 9781847251718
- Weight 0.700000
- ISBN 9781847251718
- Вид корица Hardback
- Издателство Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Брой страници 320
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