Dickens alludes to Charles-Henri Sanson by comparing Sanson to the biblical Samson. Films and television 1989 : Charles-Henri Sanson appears as a minor character played by Christopher Lee in two-part film La Révolution française. 2013 : Minor character in the television film Une femme dans la Révolution, his part is played by Thierry Hancisse. Video games He appears as an Assassin-class Servant in Type-Moon's mobile game Fate/Grand Order. He appears as a NPC in Assassin's Creed Unity. He appears as a historical figure and as vampire in the otome game "Ikemen Vampire". Manga Main character in the Japanese manga Innocent, which is based on his life story. He is also in Innocent Rouge, the continuation of Innocent. Further reading Geoffrey Abbott. Family of Death: Six Generations of Executioners. Robert Hale, London 1995. Honoré de Balzac. Un épisode sous la Terreur (fiction) Robert Christophe. Les Sanson, bourreaux de père en fils, pendant deux siècles. Arthème Fayard, Paris 1960. Guy Lenôtre. Die Guillotine und die Scharfrichter zur Zeit der französischen Revolution. Kulturverlag Kadmos, Berlin 1996. Barbara Levy. Legacy of Death. Saxon House, 1973. Hans-Eberhard Lex. Der Henker von Paris. Charles-Henri Sanson, die Guillotine, die Opfer. Rasch u. Röhring, Hamburg 1989. Chris E. Paschold, Albert Gier (Hrsg.) Der Scharfrichter - Das Tagebuch des Charles-Henri Sanson (Aus der Zeit des Schreckens 1793-1794). Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt/M. 1989; Henri Sanson (ed.) Executioners All: Memoirs of the Sanson Family from Private Notes and Documents 1688-1847. Neville Spearman, London 1962. Henri Sanson. Tagebücher der Henker von Paris. 1685-1847. Erster und zweiter Band in einer Ausgabe, hrsg. v. Eberhard Wesemann u. Knut-Hannes Wettig. Nikol, Hamburg 2004. References External links Memoirs of Henry Sansons (English) Sanson Family article on FR.Wikipedia (French) Civil servants from Paris 1739 births 1806 deaths French executioners People of the French Revolution Regicides of Louis XVI Burials at Montmartre Cemetery