The Faithful Executioner
Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
Joel F. Harrington
ISBN: | 9780809049929 |
Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Published: | 19 March, 2013 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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The Faithful Executioner
Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
Joel F. Harrington
Offering an unrivaled view of Europe on the cusp of modernity, this fascinating biography of an ordinary man struggling for his soul documents the life of a 16th-century executioner, who, deemed an official outcast, sought to prove himself worthy of honor and free his children from the stigma of his profession. 20,000 first printing.
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