Pierrepoint
Subtitle: A Family of Executioners
Publisher: John Blake Publishing, Limited
Published: April 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781844541928
Subjects: True crime; General; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Penology; Biography & Autobiography / General; EXECUTIONS AND EXECUTIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN_BIOGRAPHY; Social Science / Penology
First sentence: It was this short note, sent to Home Secretary Sir Matthew Ridley in the early part of 1901, which set in motion a chain of events that resulted in the Pierrepoint family name becoming one of the most famous in modern British criminology, and being connected with capital punishment for the next half century.