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Billington: Victorian Executioner
Billington Victorian Executioner
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This is the first fully comprehensive biography on the hangman James Billington, a former pub entertainer and barber who secured the post of executioner for London and the Home Counties. The reader is introduced to the real Billington, illuminating the dark side of a man who held the mandate to kill. Three of his sons followed in his footsteps a... more »
Author:
This is the first fully comprehensive biography on the hangman James Billington, a former pub entertainer and barber who secured the post of executioner for London and the Home Counties. The reader is introduced to the real Billington, illuminating the dark side of a man who held the mandate to kill. Three of his sons followed in his footsteps a... more »
ISBN-13: 9780750947749
ISBN-10: 0750947748
Publication Date: 5/1/2009
Pages: 224
Rating: ?
ISBN-10: 0750947748
Publication Date: 5/1/2009
Pages: 224
Rating: ?
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Genres:
- Politics & Social Sciences >> Crime & Criminals >> Criminology
- Politics & Social Sciences >> Crime & Criminals >> Penology
- Biographies & Memoirs >> True Crime >> True Crime
