The Awful End of Prince William the Silent: The First Assassination of a Head of State With a Handgun (Making History) - Hardcover

Jardine, Lisa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060838353 ISBN 13: 9780060838355

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2006

Synopsis

Provides a compelling account of the 1584 shooting of the Protestant Prince William of Orange by a French Catholic, assessing the impact of the assassination on the history of Europe, the struggle of the Netherlands to overthrow Catholic rule, and its implications for other heads-of-state forced to confront threats against their own lives. 25,000 first printing.

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Review:

"A lively account of an important historical turning point . . . Thorough and well written."--Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)

"Nobody can explain factual history more clearly than Jardine, but the best part of this book concerns more abstract implications."--Jan Morris, The Times (London)

"Brief, pithy and fascinating... Jardine does justice to an intriguing topic, and the book reads as scholarly without being pedantic."--Omaha World-Herald

"A fascinating, amusing, scholarly little book... I was absolutely charmed by this book."--Washington Post

"Brisk and splendidly told . . . Jardine's book is popular narrative at its best--quick, sure, detailed and broadly entertaining."--Newsday

"A fascinating account... Deftly and efficiently places this event in the political, religious, social, and cultural context of its times."--Library Journal

"[A] marvelous study of a single event and its numerous echoes."--Publishers Weekly

"Jardine writes with fluid precision and offers many dashes of historical color."--Wall Street Journal

Brisk and splendidly told . . . Jardine s book is popular narrative at its best--quick, sure, detailed and broadly entertaining. --Newsday"

[A] marvelous study of a single event and its numerous echoes. --Publishers Weekly"

About the Author:

Lisa Jardine is the Director of the AHRB Research Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, and Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060838353
• ISBN 13: 9780060838355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 175