Heyday for Assassins

by John Williams

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First edition

Williams, John. Heyday for Assassins. London, Heinemann: 1958 . First edition. 257 pp. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt stamped spine near fine. Internally clean. 25. * A sharp, historical study of the golden age of political assassination spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Williams examines eight major international cases, including the killings of Tsar Alexander II, President Carnot, and King Umberto, to analyze the rise of European anarchism and

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