A01=Stewart P Evans
Author_Stewart P Evans
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ex-policeman
execution
executioner
hanged
hanging
hangman
James Berry
punishment
real crime
the chronicles of james berry victorian hangman
true crime
victorian
Victorian crime
victorian era
victorians
Whitechapel murders
Product details
- ISBN 9780750934077
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 156 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 20 May 2004
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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James Berry, a dour and somewhat pious ex-policeman who hailed from Yorkshire, was Britain's hangman from 1884 to 1892 and was responsible for carrying out 200 executions. In this biography, the reader is taken into the world of Victorian crime and punishment.
Stewart Evans is a leading crime historian, widely considered one of the Victorian era. His previous books include Jack the Ripper, Letters From Hell and Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders. He lives in Cambridgeshire.
