The Hanging Tree, Execution and the English People 1770-1868

by V. A C. Gatrell

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First edition

Gatrell, V.A.C. The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People 1770-1868. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994. First edition. xix, 634 pp. Illustrations. Publisher's black cloth fine, in moderately worn dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. A near fine copy. 15. * A seminal, Wolfson History Prize winning historical study that examines the decline and eventual abolition of public hanging in England. It is highly regarded for its deep archival research,

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