The Classic Guide to Famous Assassinations Paperback
by Sarah Herman
Part of the Classic Guides series
Paperback
Description
The first in the Classic Guides series is full of fascinating information and gruesome ends - including which US President died because of dirty hands and a metal detector. Discover more about the famous assassinations in history from familial betrayal to power-lust and death by umbrella and sushi.
This must-read book also includes shocking attempted assassinations and some of the most bizarre methods the killers have used to murder their victims.
The next book in the series is The Classic Guide to King Arthur by Dr Keith Souter.
Most people know about Kennedy and Lincoln, but what about other famous assassinations that haven’t received as much contemporary media attention? From American presidents and Russian tsars to popes, kings and revolutionaries, the Classic Guide to Famous Assassinations covers everything from the famous to the lesser-known stories, the assassination methods employed by the killers and aftermath of these politically charged events.
Discover more about the famous assassinations in history throughout the world, from familial betrayal to power-lust and death by umbrella. A must-read guide to some of the most famous and most extraordinary assassinations committed – with a few conspiracy theories on the side.
The first in the Golden Guides Classic Guides series with its USP of a user-friendly, magazine-style format with bullet points and box-outs for breaking up the text and adding extra information – the book also includes sections on bizarre assassination methods, famous attempted assassinations and the would-be assassins who did not go through with their plans.
Each chapter is topic-specific so readers can focus in on the assassinations of ancient times, revolutionaries, monarchs, politicians or religious figureheads, rather than simply reading a front-to-back chronology of all assassinations. The light, broken-up structure of each chapter means the book does not have to be read cover-to-cover but can be dipped into and enjoyed at any time.
Did you know:
• President James Garfield died because his surgeons failed to wash their hands when fishing around in his body for bullets – after using a metal detector to try to find the bullets…
• Senator Huey Long died after doctor failed to notice his kidney had been perforated when he was shot. He died of internal bleeding two days later
• Bonaparte survived an assassination attempt when his snuff was replaced by poison
• Churches were popular places of assassination, with victims including St Peter of Arbues, Thomas à Becket, Alberta Williams King (Martin Luther King’s mother) and Daniil Sysoyev
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- Format:Paperback
- Pages:192 pages, 60 B&W
- Publisher:Golden Guides Press Ltd
- Publication Date:15/03/2012
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- ISBN:9781780950143
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback
- Pages:192 pages, 60 B&W
- Publisher:Golden Guides Press Ltd
- Publication Date:15/03/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781780950143
