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The Awful End of Prince William the Silent: The First Assassination of a Head of State with a Handgun

The Awful End of Prince William the Silent: The First Assassination of a Head of State with a Handgun

Jardine, Lisa

Paperback

Series: Making History, Book 4

Biographies GeneralHistorical FiguresGeneral European History

ISBN10: 0060838361
ISBN13: 9780060838362
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: Jan 23 2007
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.38 Depth: 7.98
Language: English

The assassination of Prince William of Orange by a French Catholic in 1584 had immediate political consequences and a profound effect on the course of history. It was a serious setback for Protestants in the Netherlands, who were struggling for independence from the Catholic rule of the Hapsburg Empire. But the crime's ramifications were even more earth-shattering, for it heralded the arrival of a new threat to the safety of world leaders and the security of nations: a pistol that could easily be concealed on one's person and employed to lethal effect at point-blank range.

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