(i) Puts me in mind of the 13 Burghers (of Calais?) that Rodin made a monument to, but I rather think they weren't executed, merely paraded in rags to intercede for the city against an attacker. (ii) last public execution was in the 1820s or 30s, so not albert pierrepoint (iii) is this "pour encourager les autres"? -- a british naval figure, probably an admiral, for losing a battle which it wasn't really his fault he lost?
(x) and was i think then pardoned or repreived...? but i have no idea of his name
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Date: 2010-01-12 10:02 am (UTC)(ii) last public execution was in the 1820s or 30s, so not albert pierrepoint
(iii) is this "pour encourager les autres"? -- a british naval figure, probably an admiral, for losing a battle which it wasn't really his fault he lost?
(x) and was i think then pardoned or repreived...? but i have no idea of his name