The Trial and Execution of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman 9781409939573

The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann: The History of Israel’s Abduction and Execution of the Holocaust’s Architect

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Eichmann's capture written by some of the Mossad participants *Includes a

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The Trial and Execution of Socrates: Sources and Controversies 0195119800, 9780195119800

Socrates is one of the most important yet enigmatic philosophers of all time; his fame has endured for centuries despite

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Killer Priest: The Crimes, Trial, and Execution of Father Hans Schmidt 9780275985530, 0275985539

He was a Catholic priest and a killer. Hans Schmidt, ordained in Germany in 1904, arrived in the United States in 1908 a

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The Many Deaths of Jew Süss: The Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteenth-Century Court Jew 9781400887804

A groundbreaking historical reexamination of one of the most infamous episodes in the history of anti-Semitism Joseph

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A Madman's Will: John Randolph, Four Hundred Slaves, and the Mirage of Freedom 1324092211, 9781324092216

The untold saga of John Randolph’s 383 slaves, freed in his much-contested will of 1821, finally comes to light. Few le

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Killer Priest: The Crimes, Trial, and Execution of Father Hans Schmidt (Crime, Media, and Popular Culture) 0275985539, 9780275985530, 9780313043307

He was a Catholic priest and a killer. Hans Schmidt, ordained in Germany in 1904, arrived in the United States in 1908 a

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John Brown’s Trial 9780674054226

Supported by a “provisional army” of 21 men, Brown hoped to rouse the slaves in Virginia to rebellion. But he was quickl

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The Execution of Admiral John Byng as a Microhistory of Eighteenth-Century Britain 9780367767556, 1968072272

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Phillis Wheatley Chooses Freedom: History, Poetry, and the Ideals of the American Revolution 9781479875672

The dramatic story of Phillis Wheatley, a free, black poet who resisted the pressures of arranged marriage, truly embody

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Phillis Wheatley and the Romantics [1 ed.] 9781572337121, 9781572337053

aOC This book very conclusively debunks the over two-hundred-year-old conventional wisdom that Wheatley owes her poetic

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