The author of the book - Mr. Thien Vu Vo Huy Quang used to be one of a hundreds of prisoner who was sentenced to death in Con Lon / Con Dao camp prison. He has been spend almost 35 years for collecting, selecting & editing photos & materials to the book that you are holding. The book collected more than 100 portraits of Vietnam patriots who get death sentence by French colonialism & Vietnam South authorities during a historic period that full of drastic & glorious ups & downs that lasting 117 years from the year of 1858 to the year of 1975. The book provided a readership with some the most typical & prominent sketches in the CV of the most representative Vietnam patriots. It is useful reference.