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Book Reviews of What a Way to Go: The Guillotine, the Pendulum, the Thousand Cuts, the Spanish Donkey, and 66 Other Ways of Putting Someone to Death

What a Way to Go: The Guillotine, the Pendulum, the Thousand Cuts, the Spanish Donkey, and 66 Other Ways of Putting Someone to Death
What a Way to Go The Guillotine the Pendulum the Thousand Cuts the Spanish Donkey and 66 Other Ways of Putting Someone to Death
Author: Geoffrey Abbott
ISBN-13: 9780312366568
ISBN-10: 0312366566
Publication Date: 4/17/2007
Pages: 352
Rating:
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3 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Book Type: Paperback
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BethG avatar reviewed What a Way to Go: The Guillotine, the Pendulum, the Thousand Cuts, the Spanish Donkey, and 66 Other Ways of Putting Someone to Death on + 108 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I'm actually embarrassed that I found this book so interesting since it is so gruesome, but I did. It is hard to believe that humanity could turn its imagination to such uses.

Still, Mr. Abbott has done excellent research and presents the different horrors with a sense of humor that Hitchcock would enjoy. Give it a try. Maybe you can be fascinated and embarrassed, too.