My profession is to kill. Memoirs of the executioner. Henri Sanson

When Napoleon Bonaparte asked Henri Sanson, a representative of the legendary executioner dynasty, how can you sleep calmly, having killed two thousand people nearly, Sanson answered this:

“If kings, dictators and emperors sleep calmly, Why shouldn't the executioner calmly sleep? ”

Henri Sanson is the most famous executioner in the world, who at one time received the nickname of the great Sanson for his zeal in work. Throughout the seven generations, Sanson was royal punishers. The author of this book chose a profession in the most difficult period of the country's history: during the Great French Revolution. While Viktor Hugo wrote his articles performed by humanism, Sanson chopped his head from his shoulders day after day, remaining a silent and ruthless witness to great historical events. Day after day, hour after an hour, his soul sharpened doubts that were increasingly worried about the ruthless killer. These doubts soon turned into a book of memoirs of the great executioner.