The Final Swing: The Tragic Story of three Quebec Women Hanged for a Crime.

by Jean-Claude Castex

Love and hate were once the main purveyors of the gallows. The tragic fates of three women executed by hanging in the days of New France and the United-Canada bear witness to this. Reconstructing the events from historical articles and, above all, from the Ottawa Criminal Archives, the author recounts these little-known stories that animated the lives of former Canadians: -The crime and hanging of a young Montreal slave, Marie-Joseph Ang lique, who,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1304926516
• ISBN13: 9781304926517
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"