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Instruments Of Torture

Author: Michael Kerrigan
Pages: 192
Cover: Softbound
Dimensions: 7 1/2" x 9 1/2"
Item #: BK4825
Price: $19.95
The Instruments of Torture looks at the techniques and tools used in torture, ranging from the earliest known historical instances of the practice right up to the present time and covering practices used throughout the world. The different methods of inflicting pain are grouped by type (stretching, for instance, having been used particularly in the European Renaissance as well as being still widespread in the Middle East), showing the grim parallels in torture as used in different cultures and contexts.

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