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Shooting Victoria : madness, mayhem, and the rebirth of the British monarchy / Paul Thomas Murphy.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection DA28.1 .M79 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murphy, Paul Thomas, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901--Assassination attempts.
- Victoria.
- Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
- Attempted assassination.
- Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 669 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2012.
- Summary:
- From a hunchbacked dwarf to a paranoid poet assassin, a history of Victorian England as seen through the numerous assassination attempts on Queen Victoria.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-658) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781605983547 :
- 1605983543
- OCLC:
- 794471313
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