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The authorities were unremitting in their use of the death penalty until the 19th century, whether for adherence to a different kind of Christianity, or even if a theft of property was trivial.Many people, mostly poor - but not always - died at the gallows in London, applauded or derided by the public.

This book surveys the places of executions in London and seeks to understand the appetite of the authorities and the public for such punishment and such spectacle.