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|title = ''Executioner Sanson: The Man Who ExecutedBeheaded King Louis XVI''

|image = [[File:Executioner Sanson Cover.jpgpng|{{ImageSize}}]]

|date = {{J}} December 17, 2003<ref>[https://shinsho.shueisha.co.jp/kikan/0221-d/ Official Book Listing]</ref>

{{Nihongo|'''''Executioner Sanson: The Man Who ExecutedBeheaded King Louis XVI'''''|死刑執行人サンソン 国王ルイ十六世の首を刎ねた男|Shikei Shikkou-nin Sanson: Kokuō Rui Jūroku-sei no Kubi o Haneta Otoko}} is a book written by athe Japanese author {{W|安達正勝|Masakatsu Adachi|lang=ja}}. It tells the story of {{W|Charles-Henri Sanson}}, who was a French executioner responsible for the execution of {{W|Louis XVI|King Louis XVI}}.

[[Hirohiko Araki]] reviewedwrote a short review of the book, and later stated that Sanson was the inspiration for the ''[[Steel Ball Run]]'' character [[Gyro Zeppeli]]. Later releases of the book were sold with an illustration of Gyro on the cover.

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