polar_fox 's review for:

The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century by Joel F. Harrington

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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This book is fascinating. It never dragged on, so I was always engaged in my reading. It has everything - history, excerpts from Frantz Schmidt’s journal, and philosophical thoughts and questions. However, the ending is rather bittersweet for me:

bitter - the fact that Frantz had no surviving children and grandchildren; sweet - the fact that he restored his honor.

Joel Harrington did an amazing job of researching the topic!