My profession is to kill. Memoirs of an executioner
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When Napoleon Bonaparte asked Henri Sanson, a representative of the legendary executioner dynasty, how to sleep calmly, having killed nearly two thousand people, Sanson answered this:
“If kings, dictators and emperors sleep calmly, why shouldn"t the executioner calmly sleep?”
Henri Sanson is the most famous executioner in the world, who at one time the nickname Great Sanson for his zeal in work. Throughout the seven generations, Sanson was royal punishers. The author of this book chose a profession in the most difficult period of the country"s history: during the Great French Revolution. While Viktor Hugo wrote his articles performed by humanism, Sanson chopped his head from his shoulders day after day, remaining a silent and ruthless witness to great historical events. Day after day, hour after an hour, his soul sharpened doubts that were increasingly worried about the ruthless killer. These doubts soon turned into a book of memoirs of the great executioner
“If kings, dictators and emperors sleep calmly, why shouldn"t the executioner calmly sleep?”
Henri Sanson is the most famous executioner in the world, who at one time the nickname Great Sanson for his zeal in work. Throughout the seven generations, Sanson was royal punishers. The author of this book chose a profession in the most difficult period of the country"s history: during the Great French Revolution. While Viktor Hugo wrote his articles performed by humanism, Sanson chopped his head from his shoulders day after day, remaining a silent and ruthless witness to great historical events. Day after day, hour after an hour, his soul sharpened doubts that were increasingly worried about the ruthless killer. These doubts soon turned into a book of memoirs of the great executioner
Author:
Author:Сансон Анри
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:newspaper
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-00180-636-3
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