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by Albert Pierrepoint (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Eric Dobby Publishing Ltd (14 Jun 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1858820618
  • ISBN-13: 978-1858820613
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 14 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The personal account of Britains longest serving Hangman., 17 May 2001
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This review is from: Executioner: Pierrepoint (Hardcover)
A lot of this book does concentrate on Pierrepoints home life and how he came to get such a strange job. He started out as executioners assistant to his uncle before taking over himself.

For obvious reasons He declines to go into depth with any specific cases unless he has prior permission from the families involved, then usually only to clear up a popular misconception.

He does however go into the technicalities of being a hangman and the procedures involved.

I found this book quite fascinating, and would reccomend it to anyone who is interested in this particular subject.

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68 of 70 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book, 16 April 2006
By A. T. Storey "Tony Storey" (North East Lincolnshire) - See all my reviews
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I have bought four copies of this book at various times, all because I have lent my copy to someone who has not returned it.

It is an absolutely fascinating autobiography of Albert Pierrepoint, who was a hangman for more than 25 years(No 1 for many years) in both Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. In that time he hanged hundreds of people, including the officers from Belsen Camp and many of the Gestapo officers who murdered the RAF officers who took part in The Great Escape.

Mr Pierrepoint dispels many of the myths which still abound regarding the secrets of the execution chamber and the death cell, including the fact that he could, and frequently did, carry out an execution in just EIGHT SECONDS from entering the condemned cell to the prisoner being dead.

He also reveals the fact that he resigned from his post because he concluded that execution solved nothing and was not a deterrent to murder.

"In all that I did", he writes, "I do not now believe that I prevented a single murder"

Anyone who is interested in this aspect of the judicial system MUST read this book - as also must anyone who is interested in the Capital Punishment debate
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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Executioner Pierrepoint: An Autobiography, 2 Aug 2006
By Mr. C. A. Rolfe "colin8321" (Hertfordshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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I have read this book and used it for reference. Not only is it a very interesting book to read, but also a good point of historical reference. Surprisngly, I did not think it was that ghoulish and I am quite squeamish when it comes to real blood and guts.

I would also recommend the book for those interested in debating capital punishment. It's quite enlightening about what happens and what can go wrong. If Pierrepoint is correct he was very humane, which is more than can be said about others in his profession.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Albert Pierrepoint - The Gentle Hangman's Own Story
This is a great biography from top British executioner Albert Pierrepoint. He recounts his childhood and upbringing (sometimes he and his brothers and sisters had no shoes on... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Louise

5.0 out of 5 stars Just another review
I must have bought this book over 20 years ago, having accidentally entered the pub that Albert Pierrepoint ran with his wife. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. Clive Cornock

4.0 out of 5 stars The mechanics of execution
I read this book after seeing the film starring Timothy Spall. My motive was to understand how someone lives with the fact that they regularly take the life of other people,... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Random Reader

4.0 out of 5 stars More history than horror
I must have bought four copies of this as it gets borrowed and never comes back!

Albert Pierrepoint was the last in a dynasty of executioners. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. R. Ellor

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Fascinating
I'm too young to remember when the death sentence was legal in the UK, but was intrigued how a civilised society could condone such a extreme penalty. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Richard Allen

5.0 out of 5 stars Learning about our unmentioned history
This book has given me much food for thought about this part of englands history a part of which is not taught in schools. Read more
Published on 1 April 2007 by Dream Reader

5.0 out of 5 stars Pierrepoint the true story and his true feelings
Now we all have a side that is inquisitive and I have a mind that is intrigued by true crime. Whilst fiction has its place surely truth is far stranger than fiction. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2007 by C. Francis

5.0 out of 5 stars fascinating Read
I found this book to be a fascinating read. I have recently performed in a play called Hangman about Albert Pierrepoint and played his father Harry. Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2004

2.0 out of 5 stars not what i expected ,
after reading this book i must say i was really disappointed in it, i thought he would have wrote more about his life of a hang man, but all he wrote about was his family, and... Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2000 by shep@kassy.karoo.co.uk

2.0 out of 5 stars A man who writes a book, but does not want to say anything
Albert Pierrepoint has written a book about the job his Father and uncle did before him. Yet despite taking time in writing the book he makes it clear he does not want to talk... Read more
Published on 7 Aug 1999

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