Penulis: Stephen Banks

A study of law, wrongdoing and justice as conceived in the minds of the ordinary people of England and Wales from the later eighteenth century to the First World War. Shortlisted for the 2015 Kat …

A duel could result from any challenge to a gentleman’s honour, from minor insult to major accusation. At a prearranged time, two men at odds would meet, armed either with swords or pistols, to …

Executions have played a crucial if grisly and controversial part in British history and provided the bloody climax to many a life, from Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles I and Dick Turpin to untold …

Explores why minor slights to certain kinds of gentlemen led to duels in order for honour to be satisfied, and how such ideas about honour changed over time. This book, the most comprehensive stu …

A duel could result from any challenge to a gentleman’s honour, from minor insult to major accusation. At a prearranged time, two men at odds would meet, armed either with swords or pistols, to …

Executions have played a crucial if grisly and controversial part in British history and provided the bloody climax to many a life, from Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles I and Dick Turpin to untold …