Pre-Owned How the Hangman Lost His Heart (Hardcover) 9780802796721

from dcollins7984

Alice, a member of the aristocracy, finds herself on the run with the hangman who killed her beloved Uncle Frank after she "rescues" her uncle's head from the pike on which it is being displayed because he was found to be a traitor to King George. Both Dan Skinslicer, the hangman, and Hew Ffrench...

from specialibrarian

Bonnie Prince Charlie has lost his battle to become king of England and many of his supporters' heads are grisley decorations on Christopher Wren's Temple Bar high over the London streets. Alice's beloved uncle's head, while severed, will not join the rest to be picked clean by the crows. Her the...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

What's the word.. breezy... yeah.  Too short to be anything serious or well-developed.  Reads like a fairy-tale/ fantasy, but it does take place in the context of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Papists, etc. and the epiloque implies that much of it is true-sih.  Some ideas about lov...

from tiamatq

I had higher hopes for this book - someone compared it to a slightly younger version of The Princess Bride. This comparison was not apt. The idea is that plucky Alice has come to her beloved Uncle Frank's hanging to collect his body and take it back home with her - only the head must remain as a ...

from marandaray

I really liked this book. It was so cute and quirky, I truly appreciated everything about this book. I liked all the characters, even the young boy at the beginning who was so worried about his mom, the way we were able to see into their mind as they scurried in and out of the scenes was really e...