When the Guillotine Fell: The Bloody Beginning and Horrifying End to France's River of Blood, 1791-1977 Tapa dura - 2008

St. Martin's Press, 6/24/2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 100x18x127. First edition with full number line. Hardback with dust jacket in good condition!

St. Martin's Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

St. Martin's Press, 2008. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

St. Martin's Press, 2008. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

St. Martin's Press, 2008. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

St. Martin's Press, 2008. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

St. Martin's Press, 6/24/2008 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Like New. 1.3000 in x 8.3000 in x 5.5000 in. OWNERS PRESS INSIDE COVER

St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 0312357915 . 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.5 Inches; 320 pages .

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 312pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in red. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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. The blade was allowed to do its work well into our own time. In 1974, Hamida Djandoubi brutally tortured 22 year-old Elisabeth Bousquet in an apartment in Marseille, putting cigarettes out on her body and lighting her on fire, finally strangling her to death in the Provencal countryside where he left her body to rot. In 1977, he became the last person executed by guillotine in France in… Leer más

St. Martin's Press, 2008-06-24. Hardcover. Used:Good.