tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post6102128383419140939..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Taking the Lives of Others, by K. M. GrantMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-55198810884867191002012-06-29T10:10:03.544+01:002012-06-29T10:10:03.544+01:00Ooh, what a facinating post. But I can't see h...Ooh, what a facinating post. But I can't see how you ever get anything written! Sometimes I'm glad I'm just a writer and not a historian.Mary Hooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08202547873959487754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-44925818636356010172012-06-28T13:22:49.509+01:002012-06-28T13:22:49.509+01:00What a fascinating, if grim, bit of research! The ...What a fascinating, if grim, bit of research! The closest I've come is looking up information about a lot of serial killers for my children's book on true crime. I got to the point where I was desperate to find a crime story that didn't involve horrible murders and asked friends for suggestions. My poor editor was even worse off than I was. I at least had a choice of stories to tell. ;-)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-53406990879352525112012-06-28T12:32:55.743+01:002012-06-28T12:32:55.743+01:00Grim and ghastly! Thanks so much...found it fascin...Grim and ghastly! Thanks so much...found it fascinating. I'm about to embark on Hilary Mantel's A PLACE OF GREATER SAFTEY and am already dreading all that guillotining...adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-3320029951420295572012-06-28T12:20:28.979+01:002012-06-28T12:20:28.979+01:00Interesting post! It is the casual attitude to cru...Interesting post! It is the casual attitude to cruelty (of any sort) I find most difficult.<br /><br />Also, this from Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811):<br />HANGMAN'S WAGES. Thirteen pence halfpenny; which, according to the vulgar tradition, was thus allotted: one shilling for the executioner, and three halfpence for the rope,--N. B. This refers to former times; the hangmen of the present day having, like other artificers, raised their prices. The true state of this matter is, that a Scottish mark was the fee allowed for an execution, and the value of that piece was settled by a proclamation of James I. at thirteen pence halfpenny.Mark Burgesshttp://www.markburgess.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-12008119514658068102012-06-28T07:54:25.981+01:002012-06-28T07:54:25.981+01:00I know just what you mean, Katie. I had to researc...I know just what you mean, Katie. I had to research what would happen to a murderer/embezzler traitor in 16th century Venice - and the answer is something pretty grim! The way the stuff was written about at the time is almost as harrowing as the content.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-55988493648367046182012-06-28T07:31:02.456+01:002012-06-28T07:31:02.456+01:00Very harrowing! I admire your dedication to your r...Very harrowing! I admire your dedication to your research. Thankfully I haven't yet had to look into capital punishment.Marie-Louise Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006940874591015786noreply@blogger.com