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The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death in the Sixteenth Century, F. Harrington
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 1847922120
- Book Title
- The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death in the Sixteenth Centur
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death in the Sixteenth Century
- Item Height
- 240 mm
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Subject
- History
- Item Weight
- 661 g
- Item Width
- 162 mm
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Information
Welcome to the world of Frantz Schmidt- citizen of Nuremberg, executioner of 394 unfortunates, and torturer of many hundreds more. Most unusually for his times, Frantz was also a diarist. Drawing deeply on this exceptional and overlooked record that he kept for over forty-five years, The Faithful Executioner takes us deep inside his world and his thinking. But the picture that emerges is not of a monster. Could a man who routinely practiced such cruelty also be insightful, compassionate even progressive? Young Frantz enters the trade as the Apprentice, following in his father s footsteps. Later, as the Journeyman, he travels the roads of Franconia, learning to reconcile his desire for respectability with his violent work. After a lifetime working amid human cruelty, tragedy, injustice and simple misfortune as the Master in Nuremberg, Frantz has become a moralist and storyteller, the Sage. And, in the closing chapters of his life, retired now from his role as executioner, he is the Healer, running the large medical practice that he always viewed as his true vocation. The Faithful Executioner is the biography of an ordinary man struggling to overcome an un
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9781847922120
eBay Product ID (ePID)
148945265
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death in the Sixteenth Century
Publication Year
2013
Subject
History
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
240 mm
Item Weight
661 g
Item Width
162 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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- GB 217187506
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