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Jardine, Lisa - The Awful End of Prince William the Silent / The First Assassination of a Head of State with a Handgun.
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| Schrijver: | Jardine, Lisa |
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| Titel: | The Awful End of Prince William the Silent / The First Assassination of a Head of State with a Handgun. |
| ISBN: | 9780060838355 |
| Uitgever: | Harper Collins |
| Bijzonderheid: | 2005, 175 pp, gebonden, Conditie : Als nieuw, ongelezen, streep op onderkant boekblok |
| Prijs: | € 14,95 |
| Meer info | The shooting of Prince William of Orange in the hallway of his Delft residence in July 1584 by a French Catholic – the second attempt on his life – had immediate political consequences: it was a serious setback for the Protestant cause in the Netherlands, as its forces fought for independence from the Catholic rule of the Hapsburg empire. But, as Jardine brilliantly illustrates, its implications for those in positions of power were even more far-reaching, as the assassination heralded the arrival of a lethal new threat to the security of nations – a pistol that could be concealed and used to deadly effect at point-blank range. Queen Elizabeth I, William’s close Protestant ally, was devastated by his death and thrown into panic; in the aftermath of William's death, legislation was enacted in the English parliament making it an offence to bring a pistol anywhere near a royal palace. Elizabeth’s terror was not misplaced – as Jardine observes, this assassination was the first in a long and bloody line including those of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and Archduke Ferdinand in 1914 and is all too relevant today. |
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