A highly illustrated and accessible chronicle of one of the world's oldest and most unpopular practises: punishment and torture. The book is organised into seven chapters, each charting the evolution of various types of punishment, including capital punishment, penal servitude transportation and corporal punishment. Each of these chapters deals with topics as diverse as the Tolpuddle Martyrs and the Spanish Inquisition. All of the subjects covered are placed in the social and legal context with a range of historical images and photographs.
- ISBN10 0600600351
- ISBN13 9780600600350
- Publish Date 15 March 2000 (first published 15 October 1996)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 January 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
- Imprint Hamlyn
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English