Witnesses to the scaffold
Subtitle: English literary figures as observers of public executions : Pierce Egan, Thackeray, Dickens, Alexander Smith, G.A. Sala, Orwell
By: edited, with annotations and interpretive essays by Antony E. Simpson.
Contributors: Simpson, Antony E.
Publisher: The True Bill Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lambertville, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780979111617
Subjects: Egan, Pierce, -- 1772-1849 -- Political and social views; Thackeray, William Makepeace, -- 1811-1863 -- Political and social views; Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Political and social views; Smith, Alexander, -- 1830?-1867 -- Political and social views; Sala, George Augustus, -- 1828-1895 -- Political and social views; Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950 -- Political and social views; Capital punishment -- England -- History; Capital punishment -- Scotland -- History; Executions and executioners -- England -- History; Executions and executioners -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.