- About.com: The Guillotine
 - Describes the events that brought the guillotine to prominence as well as the machine's place in the broader history of decapitation. - French Kiss: The Terror and the Guillotine
- Covers the machine's history and predecessors, the importance of the executioner, and features text of Lord Byron's account witnessing three robbers guillotined.
- Guillotin/Guillotine
- Describes the history of beheading as an execution method reserved only for nobles until 1789, when Joseph Guillotin pushed the law proclaiming that "the privilege of decapitation would no longer be confined to nobles, and the process of execution would be as painless as possible."
- Guillotine History
- Follows the progression of the machine, dubbed "the widow" by the masses, which was more precise and humane than beheading with dull axes or swords.
- Napoleon Guide: The Guillotine
- Facts and figures for the machine that aimed to make execution more humane.
- Wikipedia: Guillotine
- Describes the machine's history, as it was used in the applicaiton of capital punishment by decapitation.
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