Billington: Victorian Executioner by Alison Bruce

Billington: Victorian Executioner

Alison Bruce

224 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography emotional informative sad medium-paced
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"James Billington, formerly a pub entertainer and then a barber, had been single-minded in his determination to secure the post of executioner for London and the Home Counties. But did he really feel he was primarily a benefit to society and justi...

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