Author | : Syd Dernley |
Publisher | : Trans-Atlantic Publications |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Capital punishment |
ISBN | : 9780330316330 |
Author | : Syd Dernley |
Publisher | : Trans-Atlantic Publications |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Capital punishment |
ISBN | : 9780330316330 |
Author | : Oliver Pötzsch |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 453 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 054774501X |
Hangman Jakob Kuisl is called upon to investigate whether witchcraft is being practiced in the small town of Schongau in 1659 after a dying boy is pulled from the river with a mark crudely tattooed on his shoulder.
Author | : Oliver Pötzsch |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0547807686 |
Picking up where international bestseller "The Hangman's Daughter" left off, the highly anticipated sequel about a dark legacy of the Knights Templar.
Author | : Oliver Pötzsch |
Publisher | : HarperVia |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781328662088 |
Simon Fronwieser and his hangman father-in-law investigate the murder of the actor due to play Christ in a Passion Play, who was found nailed to the set s cross.
Author | : Ambrose Bierce |
Publisher | : The Floating Press |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 2012-11-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1775560457 |
This highly entertaining novel about three Franciscan monks is something of a departure for author Ambrose Bierce, who typically wrote about his own time. The story, which takes the form of a diary penned by the main character, Ambrosius. Though he faithfully carries out the duties of his office, he struggles with temptation, particularly after meeting the beguiling Benedicta, who happens to be the hangman's daughter of the title.
Author | : Karen King-Aribisala |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2012-10-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0143526936 |
‘They wanted me dead. I don’t mean physical death. I’m not afraid of that any more ... The death they wanted for me was spiritual – I think that’s what I mean – to have me beset by fears, doubts; the insecurities of action and word that take their toll and make you live a life of death.’
Author | : Ambrose Bierce |
Publisher | : Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages | : 121 |
Release | : 1930-01-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1465518517 |
Author | : Oliver Pötzsch |
Publisher | : Mariner Books |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780547992198 |
After the hangman Jakob Kuisl is framed for his sister's murder, his daughter Magdalena and her paramour, Simon, enlist the help of a network of beggars in order to save him from the noose.
Author | : G.M.Hague |
Publisher | : Graeme Hague |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Jacob Good was a man who could expect to see many ghosts. Angry spirits, and the wraiths of men and women filled with hate for Jacob, parading their soured souls in front of him, surrounding Jacob with their rage. After all, Jacob had killed a lot of people. As the Principal Hangman at Willengarten Prison it was Jacob’s responsibility to dispatch the condemned prisoners to the next world. He believed all the guilty should be hanged, if that was their fate. Now a frightening, tragic ghost is taunting Jacob as he's about to retire, making his life a nightmare, demanding that Jacob make sure the last guilty murderer doesn't miss their appointment with Jacob's noose. But who is to be Jacob's final victim? And do they deserve to escape the rope or not? Will Jacob's last killing be a dreadful mistake?