The business of death can be seriously absurd, and nothing illustrates this better than these gruesome true tales. This gory compendium details the frankly ridiculous ways in which a number of ill-fated unfortunates met (or failed to meet) their maker at the hands of lamentably inept executioners. With black and white illustrations, this book brings together a mixture of bungled executions, strange last requests and classic one-liners from medieval times to the present day.
- ISBN10 1840245034
- ISBN13 9781840245035
- Publish Date 5 June 2006 (first published 5 June 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 June 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Summersdale Publishers
- Format Paperback
- Pages 240
- Language English