Women and the Noose: A History of Female Execution

by Richard Clark

A fascinating insight into the crimes of women, and how their executions took place

From Sarah Malcolm, sentenced to be executed for multiple murders in the early eighteenth century, to Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain in 1955, Women and the Noose traces the history of female crime through the cases of seventy women who met their end on the hangman's gallows.

In this detailed account, each woman's story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803992573
• ISBN13: 9781803992570
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.8"