num_pages: 256
description: A bloodcurdling account of instruments of torture through the ages. Includes:Little Ease: a cell only four feet square and nine feet high, in which it was impossible to lie down.Skull Crusher: an iron skull-cap secured by a metal strap with screws on each side, which were tightened until the strap forced the teeth out of the jaw.The Duke of Exeter's Daughter and Skeffington's Gyves: two of the many excruciating versions of the rack.The Pendulum: a crescent-shaped , razor-sharp blade suspended from the end of a pendulum, which relentlessly swung ever closer to the victim below.The Gridiron: a low bench of parallel metal bars with a fire beneath them, which grilled the fleshand many more gruesome devices...
language: English
title: Rack Rope and Red Hot Pincers
titlecomplete: Rack Rope and Red Hot Pincers
genres: Reference, Nonfiction, History, Crime, True Crime
ratings_count: 110
publisher: Caxton Editions