About this history book
Lord High Executioner : an Unashamed Look at Hangmen, Headsmen, and Their Kind by Howard Engel is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
A social history about the men and women who have acted as the legal agents of death throughout the ages, examining what the executioners had to say about their craft, their victims, and themselves, and telling the stories of many of the famous people who lost their lives at the hands of the hangman.
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Howard Engel
- Publisher
- Key Porter Books
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781550137866
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Social Science, Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.63 / 5 (64 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14