Assassin! : 200 years of British political murder / Ian Hernon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hernon, Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assassination--Great Britain--History.

Assassination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

-- Exposes Britain's secret history of political killings, murder and intrigue --For as long as the world has had rulers, there have been plots to assassinate those at the top. Violent death is usually associated with dictatorships and tinpot regimes. Few

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

1 Introduction

2 The Despard Plot

3 Death of a Prime Minister

4 The Cato Street Conspiracy

5 Queen Victoria - The First Attempt

6 The McNaughton Rules

7 Queen Victoria - Further Attempts

8 The Wounding of the Duke of Edinburgh

9 The Phoenix Park Murders

10 The Cairo Gang and the Pass of the Flowers

11 The Attempt on Edward VIII

12 British Assassinations Overseas

13 The Troubles to Airey Neave

14 The Murder of Lord Mountbatten

15 The Brighton Bomb

16 The Troubles to Ian Gow

17 The Attack on John Major and Beyond

18 The Attempt on Tony Blair

19 Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-258) and index.

ISBN:

9781849643795

1849643792

OCLC:

655848223