Dungeons, Gallows, and Severed Heads of London

When it comes to spine-chilling tortures and blood-curdling punishments, London has been the place to come! We've had racking, boiling, burning, hanging, beheading and disembowelling. Not to mention the most revolting dungeons and prisons you could possibly imagine. And what about the twisted minds who have carried out these agonies? Well, they're all here! Read about: which monarch had over 70,000 people executed during his reign; the cook who was boiled to death; how saying 'Cheese!' could cost you your life; a day in the death of King Charles I; history's clumsiest executioner; how the Tower of London, once a pleasure palace became a torture chamber; and how reading could save your life. If you recover from these and many more toe-curling stories, you will want to visit the very bloody museums listed at the back of the book. Don't lose your head, now!