Abbott, Geoffrey,  1922- <br/><br/>
Female executions :  martyrs, murderesses and madwomen / 
Geoffrey Abbott. 
 - Chichester :  Summersdale,  c2006. 
 - 302 p. ;  ill. :  20 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> From Nan Hereford, the cloaked highwayman who held up coaches with just her fists, to the woman who survived the gallows and took her empty coffin away with her, this title illuminates history's darker periods with a detailed and factual approach. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781849534932 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Executions and executioners--History.<br/>Female offenders--Case studies.<br/>Capital punishment--History.<br/>Women prisoners--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.6608209