De Guillotine
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The Candle And The Guillotine
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Author : Julie Patricia Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2020-05-01
The Candle And The Guillotine written by Julie Patricia Johnson and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-01 with History categories.
As in a number of France’s major cities, civil war erupted in Lyon in the summer of 1793, ultimately leading to a siege of the city and a wave of mass executions. Using Lyon as a lens for understanding the politics of revolutionary France, this book reveals the widespread enthusiasm for judicial change in Lyon at the time of the Revolution, as well as the conflicts that ensued between elected magistrates in the face of radical democratization. Julie Patricia Johnson’s investigation of these developments during the bloodiest years of the Revolution offers powerful insights into the passions and the struggles of ordinary people during an extraordinary time.
De Guillotine
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Author : Simone van der Vlugt
language : nl
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
De Guillotine written by Simone van der Vlugt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
Guillotine Its Legend And Lore
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Author : Daniel Charles Gerould
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Guillotine Its Legend And Lore written by Daniel Charles Gerould and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
A study of the guillotine as a cultural artifact, examining its representation in the arts, both high and low, over the course of two centuries.
Reflections On The Guillotine
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Author : Albert Camus
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-09-24
Reflections On The Guillotine written by Albert Camus and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-24 with Social Science categories.
'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out' Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in France, Albert Camus' devastating attack on the 'obscene exhibition' of capital punishment remains one of the most powerful, persuasive arguments ever made against the death penalty. One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.
Execution
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Author : Geoffrey Abbott
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-09-05
Execution written by Geoffrey Abbott and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-05 with Law categories.
Execution is a fascinating account of methods of execution through the ages, such as death by cannibalism, being sewn into an animal’s belly and a thousand cuts. From the preparation of the victim to the disposal of the body, Execution answers all the questions you are ever likely to ask, and some you would never want to imagine.
Dr Guillotine
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Author : Herbert Lom
language : en
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
Release Date : 1992
Dr Guillotine written by Herbert Lom and has been published by Trafalgar Square Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Biographical fiction categories.
The veteran film actor's first novel is a macabre, blackly comic fictional biography of the man who invented the mechanism of execution much feared during the French Revolution.
The Terror
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Author : Graeme Fife
language : en
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Release Date : 2004
The Terror written by Graeme Fife and has been published by Piatkus Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
"From late 1792 to the summer of 1794, the young French Republic was subject to a reign of institionalised terror - in many ways the prcursor of Stalin's Great Terror of the 1930s. The Republic founded on liberty, equality and fraternity degenerated into a nightmare of paralysing fear nad panic, of suspicion and betrayal. Personified by Robespierre and Saint-Just, the Terror convulsed and very nearly ruined France - until they too met their fate under Dr Guillotin's new invention. That extraordinary, blood thirsty period comes vividly to life in this book; by mining the original French sources - contemporary documents, eye-witness accounts, reports from the dreaded Committee for public safety. The author brilliantly recreates the deadly, paranoid atmosphere of the time. He shows that the Terror was not just confined to Paris - the Terror cut a swathe across France. In Nantes, thousands of prisoners were dragged from their cells and drowned in the Loire. In Lyon, hundreds of rebels were mown down into mass graves by grapeshot. And yet amidst the horror there are also stories of great dignity and heroism, audacious escapes, and the pathos of heart-wrenching last letters written by men and women prisoners in the grim Conciergerie, awaiting the final ride in the tumbrels through the streets of Paris to the guillotine"--Provided by publisher.
Mam Zelle Guillotine
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Author : Emma Orczy
language : en
Publisher: e-artnow
Release Date : 2018-04-12
Mam Zelle Guillotine written by Emma Orczy and has been published by e-artnow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-12 with Fiction categories.
Mam'zelle Guillotine follows Gabrielle Damiens, the daughter of Francois Damiens, a man arrested and executed for attacking the King of France with a pocket knife. When the French Revolution begins she is released from the Bastille after 16 years in prison. Mad for revenge, Gabrielle works her way into the favor of the men behind the republic, and soon becomes the public executioner of Artois, known as Mam'zelle Guillotine. When a new sleuth from Paris arrives to track down the English spies who want to stop her, Gabrielle doesn't realize it is actually the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Hiding The Guillotine
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Author : Emmanuel Taïeb
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2020-11-15
Hiding The Guillotine written by Emmanuel Taïeb and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-15 with History categories.
Hiding the Guillotine examines the question of state involvement in violence by tracing the evolution of public executions in France. Why did the state move executions from the bloody and public stage of the guillotine to behind prison doors? In a fascinating exploration of a grim subject, Emmanuel Taïeb exposes the rituals and theatrical form of the death penalty and tells us who watched, who participated in, and who criticized (and ultimately brought an end to) a spectacle that the state called "punishment." France's abolition of the death penalty in 1981 has long overshadowed its suppression of public executions over forty years earlier. Since the Revolution, executions attracted tens of thousands of curious onlookers. But, gradually, there was a shift in attitude and the public no longer saw this as a civilized pastime. Why? Combining material from legal archives, police files, an executioner's notebooks, newspaper clippings, and documents relating to 566 executions, Hiding the Guillotine answers this question. Taïeb demonstrates the ways in which the media was at the vanguard of putting an end to the publicity surrounding the death penalty. The press had ample reason to be critical: cities were increasingly being used for leisure activity and prisons for those accused of criminal activity. The agitation surrounding each execution, coupled with a growing identification with the condemned, would blur these boundaries. Ranked among the top hundred history books by the website, Café du Web Historizo, Hiding the Guillotine has much to impart to students of legal history, human rights, and criminology, as well as to American historians.
Mam Zelle Guillotine
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Author : Emmuska Orczy
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2021-11-09
Mam Zelle Guillotine written by Emmuska Orczy and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-09 with Fiction categories.
'Mam'zelle Guillotine' is an adventure novel written by Baroness Orczy. It follows Gabrielle Damiens, the daughter of Francois Damiens, a man arrested for attacking the King of France with a pocket knife. Although the wound was minor, Damiens' punishment for drawing royal blood was to be hanged, drawn and quartered. At age 16, Gabrielle finds letters written by her father which prove that his crime had been instigated and aided by a body of noble gentlemen, who planned it as warning to the King to change his ways. Damiens bore the brunt of this conspiracy in silence while the aristocrats remained immune.