by Geoffrey Abbott · Virgin Pub · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780753508497
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«Macabre Miscellany» is a compendium of macabre curiosities by Geoffrey Abbott, published by Virgin Books in paperback (195 pages, in English).
It collects around a thousand gruesome and curious facts about crimes, punishments, prisons, tortures and deaths by the most varied methods, from the gallows to the electric chair. It includes executions, accidents and famous murders, with curiosities such as consciousness after decapitation or the «coffin law».
Published in 2004, it is a non-fiction work on justice and penology. Geoffrey Abbott, author of several books on torture and executions, was a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London.
For fans of the macabre, true crime and historical crimes who enjoy unusual facts told with irony.
