More than four decades after the guillotine was last used in an execution in France, a 150-year-old replica of the device made famous in The Terror that followed the ...
This video documents the restoration of an Antique French Guillotine from the 1930-1950 era found in a flea market in southern France. The restoration process includes careful disassembly, rust ...
A guillotine has fetched €8,008 (£7080) at a controversial auction in Paris. The 150-year-old replica of a device used for executions was bought on Wednesday by a French millionaire and collector of ...
Blades falling on regal necks is powerful imagery. And amid Europe’s current crisis, it is a reminder that sometimes business-as-usual won’t do Pablo Iglesias, the leader of Spanish leftists Podemos, ...
Beneath the grey veil used to cloak her awful secrets from the public gaze, "the widow" stands 14ft tall and the blade hangs menacingly over a hole designed for a neck. "One can have a certain ...
A guillotine has fetched €8,008 (£7080) at a controversial auction in Paris. The 150-year-old replica of a device used for executions was bought on Wednesday by a French millionaire and collector of ...