E-grāmata: Faithful Executioner: Life and Death in the Sixteenth Century

A surprisingly moving story of brutality and redemption -- Dan Jones * Telegraph * Opens a window on a gruesome world * Daily Express * This is a marvelous book about a fascinating subject It is a virtuoso performance A brilliant microhistory, a triumph of technique and a wonderful read -- Peter Marshall * Literary Review * Who can imagine how an executioner feels about his trade? Joel F. Harrington has written a considered and fascinating book which helps us hear the voice of one such man, a professional torturer (and healer) who, astonishingly, kept a diary -- Hilary Mantel This is a sympathetic, intelligent and surprisingly tender book * The Times * Harrington does an excellent job at recreating the thoughts and fears of a man whose job is one of the most loathed and caricatured -- Ben Wilson * Daily Telegraph * A vivid window on a fascinating age -- Michael Kerrigan * Scotsman * Fascinating This is a surprisingly modern, even topical story that poses difficult questions about capital punishment and what Harrington calls the human drive toward retribution -- Daniel Stashower * Washington Post * Vividly drawn Finely researched and crafted -- Kat Hill * History Today * Macabre but fascinating -- Simon Griffith * Mail on Sunday Event *