Broken Upon the Wheel single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1877... 1877 Broken Upon the Wheel
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Brief account of the revival of a French highwayman broken upon the wheel at Orleans in 1747, and his life with no legs and one arm - still robbing and murdering. (PB)

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    France,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1740s
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