Anthony Horowitz Quotes
The platform underneath the balloon fell on her as she was trying to escape," she explained. "She was crushed." "I'd have been disappointed too.
Horowitz, Anthony. Scorpia. Philomel Books, 2005, p. 300.
He argued that the device, by decapitating the victim very quickly, was a more humane form of execution than the methods previously used. Ironically, a device that was adopted for human purposes, was used to extreme’s in the French Revolution where tens of thousands of people were killed using this machine—the Reign of Terror.
The prisoners would be beaten and cut with swords. If they fell down, they would be bayoneted or beheaded as shown in the graphic—an actual photograph of the time.
Federal Authorities arrived with press officers and a bevy of reporters and issued statements to the press while there were thousands of people in dire straits with many of them dying with no food, medical care or relocation from flooding water.
Anthony Horowitz, OBE is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense.