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1) Clemency
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Bernadine is a stoic prison warden, but two back-to-back executions put a strain on her marriage, career and convictions.
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Based on real events, this gripping tale of military injustice ranks alongside The Red Badge of Courage as one of the most original and timeless Civil War novels ever published On a fine September morning in 1864, Lt. Marius Catto leads a platoon of Union army soldiers across a Kentucky meadow. A figure rises in the distance and takes aim. Catto dives to the ground, but it's too late-the lead ball lodged in his shoulder will be his final souvenir...
3) Black Sunday
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In one of the most auspicious directorial debuts in movie history, Mario Bava bridged the gap between the gothic horror picture and the European art film with Black Sunday (aka La maschera del demonio or The Mask of Satan). Made in 1960 and now considered a cult classic, it continues to reverberate through the cinema, inspiring and influencing new generations of filmmakers. In an absolutely mesmerizing performance, Black Sunday stars Barbara Steele...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Hamburg, Germany 1934: An executioner is needed. Teetjen (Erwin Geschonneck) makes the biggest mistake of his life. Because his butcher shop is facing bankruptcy, he agrees to execute a group of political prisoners for the Nazis. Once this becomes known, Teetjen's life falls apart. The Axe of Wandsbek was the only DEFA film made by Falk Harnack, a former anti-Nazi resistance fighter who was interested in exploring the involvement of the middle class...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bestselling author Charles Todd has earned a special place among mystery’s elite writers with his acclaimed series featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge, a former soldier seeking to lay to rest the demons of his past in the aftermath of World War I. But that past bleeds into the present in a complex murder case that calls into question his own honor...and the crimes committed in the name of God, country, and righteous vengeance. A Fearsome...
6) Guillotine
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
The guillotine is undoubtedly the most potent image of revolutionary France, the tool whereby a whole society was 'redesigned'. Yet, what came to be seen as an instrument of terror was, paradoxically, introduced as the result of the humanitarian feelings of men intent on revising an ancient and barbaric penal code. Robert Frederick Opie takes us on a fascinating and sometimes terrifying journey through the narrow streets of eighteenth-century Paris...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
True tales of executioners culled from the annals of history Award-winning mystery writer Howard Engel traces the hangman's tradition from medieval England and early Canada to the present-day United States. From beheadings and hangings to the electric chair, Engel offers gritty details of the executioner's process, focusing on key players who epitomize both the exemplars and buffoons of the dark profession. Citing far-removed examples of past punishments,...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A true-crime history of 20th-century, British judicial hangings from 1900 to 1964, and a look at the overall history of executions in Great Britain. It is a sobering thought that until the closing years of the twentieth century, Britain's courts were technically able to impose the death penalty for several offenses, both civil and military. Although the last judicial hangings took place in 1964, the death penalty, in theory at least, remained for...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Tyburn is synonymous with the idea of execution-over 50,000 people died there between the 12th century and 1783. Among those who met their end at Tyburn were William Wallace, the Scottish patriot; Perkin Warbeck, who claimed to be one of the Princes in the Tower; and the hated Jonathan Wild, perhaps London's first master criminal. Alan Brooke and David Brandon tell the story of how Tyburn came to be the place of execution and of the rituals and spectacle...
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Sure to fascinate anyone with an interest in true crime, this selection contains the most gruesome tales from this 185-year-old publication. Including "the horrible murder of a child by starvation," dreadful executions, foul tortures, and one of the earliest mentions of a now notorious killer who turned his victims into pies, it will chill all but the sturdiest of hearts.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seveteen-year-old Twylla lives in the castle of Lormere, where she serves as the Queen's executioner. As the embodiment of the Goddess, Twylla can poison and kill anyone she touches--except her bethrothed, Prince Merek. When the prince returns to the kingdom Twylla finds herself caught up in palace intrigues, unsure if she can trust him, or the bodyguard who claims to love her.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
With Impression, Soleil Levant, exhibited in 1874, Claude Monet (1840-1926) took part in the creation of the Impressionism movement that introduced the 19th century to modern art. All his life, he captured natural movements around him and translated them into visual sensations. Considered the leader of Impressionism, Monet is internationally famous for his poetic paintings of water lilies and beautiful landscapes. He leaves behind the most well-known...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
This acclaimed novel imagining the life of Israeli soldier Shalom Nagar explores the legacy of the Holocaust: "A fascinating book that doesn't let you go" ( Neue Deutschland, Germany). In May 1962, twenty-two men gathered in Jerusalem to decide by lot who would be Adolf Eichmann's executioner. These men had guarded the former Nazi SS lieutenant colonel during his imprisonment and trial, and with no trained executioners in Israel, it would fall to...
Author
Series
Wolves of Elantra volume 1
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Enjoyable, entertaining, engaging fantasy." -- Tor.com AT THE EMPEROR'S COMMAND Multiple races carefully navigate the City of Elantra under the Dragon Emperor's wing. His Imperial Wolves are executioners, the smallest group to serve in the Halls of Law. The populace calls them assassins. Every wolf candidate must consent to a full examination by the Tha'alani, one of the most feared and distrusted races in Elantra for their ability to read minds....
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The controversial story of the men forced to shoot their fellow Tommies"A volley rings out-a nervous volley it is true, yet a volley. Before the fatal shots are fired I had called the battalion to attention. There is a pause, I wait. I see the medical officer examining the victim. He makes a sign, the subaltern strides forward, a single shot rings out. Life is now extinct . . . We march back to breakfast . . . This is war."Brigadier-General Crozier...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Part biography, part political thriller, part scholarly detective story that draws on letters, diary entries, notes smuggled out of a Berlin prison, and other documents, this true story chronicles the life and brutal death of Mildred Harnack, the American leader of one of the largest underground resistance groups in Germany.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Autumn, 1282
As Edward I wages a bloody conflict with Wales, Prioress Eleanor escorts her younger brother, Robert, and his wife, who is in labor, from their Marcher lands to greater safety at a Wynethorpe manor in a village just inside the English border. They are joined by Brother Thomas, the Prioress's trusted friend, and Sister Anne, who helps navigate the difficult birth and delivers a baby girl.
Mother and child may be healthy, but Death never...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"If you like Bernard Conwell's Grail Quest series, you'll love The French Executioner and The Curse of Anne Boleyn . To my mind Cornwell is good, but Humphreys is better."--Sally Zigmund, Historical Novels Review (UK) The last thing Jean Rombaud expects upon being summoned to behead Anne Boleyn is to dedicate his life to her. But the ill-fated queen has a mysterious request for her executioner: that after taking her life he also take her infamous...
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