Hiding the Guillotine examines the question of state involvement in violence by tracing the evolution of public executions in France. Why did the state move exe

Illustration by a fellow prisoner. The text in this volume is based on the original translation from the French by Preston Rambo.

The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. At 12.00 midnight, Maximilie

The Ten-Year Diary of a Chaplain working in Bellavista, Pavon, and Men's Central Jail - prisons in Colombia, Guatemala and Los Angeles respectively. It also inc