Despite being situated closer to the crater of Vesuvius, the seaside resort of Herculaneum benefitted from the
HORROR IN HERCULANEUM
Kings And Queens
Well, it was chopped off on 30 January 1649. The king had lost the Civil Wars, and had been sentenced to be executed for the rather unlikely crime of high treason. After the unknown executioner carried out the deed with a single strike of his axe, se