A HISTORY OF TORTURE IN BRITAIN
Traces the terrible story of the deliberate use of pain on prisoners in Britain and its overseas possessions. A sweeping and authoritative account beginning with the medieval trial by ordeal, through to the stretching on the rack of political prisoners and the mutilation of those found guilty of sedition. Illus.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 145
Publisher: Pen & Sword
Publishing status: Current
ISBN: 9781526719294
Item #: 2902370