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The Executions Of Old London (opens in new tab)

Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s Tours In the days before social media, television or cinema, public executions were a popular source of entertainment in London. Ed Maggs, fourth generation proprietor of Maggs Bros, booksellers of 48 Bedford Sq, sent me this fine selection of Execution Broadsides that he came across. (Click […]

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