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Pierrepoint: A Family of Executioners

The Story of Britain's Infamous Hangmen

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Pierrepoint: A Family of Executioners

By: Steve Fielding
Narrated by: Norman Gilligan
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Between them, the three men in the fearsome Pierrepoint dynasty executed over 800 people during a career spanning more than half a century. Henry, his brother Thomas, and his son Albert, dispatched some of the most infamous criminals of the 20th century, and in the process earned a public notoriety that followed them throughout their eventful lives.For years, the three men were faced with the task - prestigious to some, horrific to many others - of being the last point of contact for the guilty and condemned. The Pierrepoints executed criminals the nation over before travelling to many countries including Egypt and postwar Germany, where they hanged Nazi war criminals, and gained a reputation as the world's most deadly practitioners of the art of hanging."Pierrepoint: A Family of Executioners" recounts the intriguing stories of the three men and the effect that their macabre occupation had on their personal lives. This definitive guide is filled with shocking inside tales from the official records and diaries kept by the Pierrepoint family. With revealing insights into the intense rivalry between fellow executioners, new light is shed on the menacing world of years gone by.

©2008 John Blake Publishing (P)2013 Prospero Media Europe Great Britain Social Sciences True Crime Crime England
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loved the book, very interesting but this audio book has a terrible wooden and robotic narration

Great book, soulless narration like a robot

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If you like listening to lists and lists and lists of dates and times then this is the audio book for you.

Boring

If you like listening to lists and lists and lists of dates and times then this is the audio book for you.

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After reading a book about Albert Pierrepoint and having seen the film.. I thought this would be an interesting choice.. the subject matter is very interesting but is massively let down by how it’s presented and narrated. It’s almost like one of those annoying videos on YouTube that has auto speech but says word by word rather than as in sentence.. so losing any meaning/emotion or impact. Strangely.. every now and again.. the narration picks up.. but never lasts and drops back into an almost computer generated voice that makes it hard to lose yourself in the book.

Painful narration.

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brilliant book full of information such a shame that the narrator read it like tge old football pools. do not listen whilst driving, or you will be asleep within minutes.

Great book awful reading

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Gripping Listened to this in one go Very interesting account of the career of the famous English hangman Albert Pierpoint.
Highly recommended. A must listen.

Outstanding

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