When the Guillotine Fell: The Bloody Beginning and Horrifying End to France's River of Blood, 1791-1977

by Jeremy Mercer

Book Overview

How long did the guillotine's blade hang over the heads of French criminals? Was it abandoned in the late 1800s? Did French citizens of the early days of the twentieth century decry its brutality? No.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312357915
• ISBN13: 9780312357917
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.6"