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The Big Book of Pain:

Torture and Punishment Through History
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History Press Limited, 2008 - Social Science - 246 pages
The Big Book of Pain offers a history of the punishments and tortures administered to offenders in all periods for which records exist. They include the peculiar punishments known as the ducking stool, the Scottish maiden, the pillory, the drunkard's cloak and the scold's bridle, and unsavoury punishments such as death by pressing, being hanged, drawn and quartered, and death by boiling.

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Review: The Big Book of Pain: Torture & Punishment Through History

User Review  - Janet Jay - Goodreads

Interesting subject matter but not... Just not interesting to me in terms of writing style, historical citations & general novelty of subject matter. There are better books for this. Read full review

Review: The Big Book of Pain: Torture & Punishment Through History

User Review  - Rick Farmer - Goodreads

A good book to read if you're interested in just how messed up humanity was and still is to this day if you fuel the fire of paranoia, power and greed of political leaders. It's amazing what people will actually do if they are simply told by a higher power. Interesting read Read full review

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Mark P. Donnelly,Daniel Diehl
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About the author (2008)

Daniel Diehl has collaborated with Mark Donnelly on 18 books and more than 100 hours of documentary television, including programs for the Discovery, History, and Biography channels.

Mark Donnelly has collaborated with Dan Diehl on 18 books and more than 100 hours of documentary television, including programs for the Discovery, History, and Biography channels.

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TitleThe Big Book of Pain: Torture and Punishment Through History
Sutton Series
AuthorsDaniel Diehl, Mark P. Donnelly
Editionillustrated
PublisherHistory Press Limited, 2008
ISBN0750945834, 9780750945837
Length246 pages
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History / Social History
Social Science / Penology
  
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