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The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People 1770-1868 Gatrell
The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People 1770-1868
Gatrell
Hanging people for small crimes as well as grave, the Bloody Penal Code was at its most active between 1770 and 1830. In those years some 7000 men and women were executed on public scaffolds, watched by thousands. This book explores what a wide range of people felt about these ceremonies.
654 pages, 41 halftones
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 17, 1996 |
| ISBN13 | 9780192853325 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 656 |
| Dimensions | 157 × 229 × 37 mm · 980 g |
| Language | English |