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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I got this book secondhand because I enjoy history and historical accounts. I did learn something from this book. However, the book was written in the 1940's and I found that the writing style was not as "readable" as a book written today might be. Certain parts were out of date as expected. Also the subject matter was a bit too gruesome for my tastes. I guess I need to shy away from this subject in the future. But I figured I had to try it and see for myself. (  ) amwmsw04 | May 20, 2008 |   no reviews | add a review
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Torture, an enduring and seemingly not declining aspect of man's relationship to his fellow man, is an enduring thread through human history. Whether it be practiced by primitive people, the ancient Greeks or the Catholic Church, whether it be ancient China, Japan, 1930's Germany, or Northern Ireland today, torture is alarmingly systematic and consistent in its methods. Impaling, burning, rack or wheel, mutilation, drawing and quartering, burning or hanging alive in chains.
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