ASSASSINATION : Twenty Assassinations That Changed History /
In this acutely penetrating study of political murder, Lee Davis turns a searchlight on twenty historic killings. He incisively profiles each victim and probes with piercing insight the often mysterious mind of the assassin. Once the key personalities are defined, minute by minute narration recreate...
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1993
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| description | In this acutely penetrating study of political murder, Lee Davis turns a searchlight on twenty historic killings. He incisively profiles each victim and probes with piercing insight the often mysterious mind of the assassin. Once the key personalities are defined, minute by minute narration recreates their fatal encounter. An information panel and a photograph or contemporary drawing of the scene of the crime opens each chapter, and the book is liberally furnished with reproductions of the newspaper front pages that originally brought these stories to the millions of ordinary people who were so deeply affected. |
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| spelling | KOHA-OAI-TEST:5988142022-04-20T01:22:17ZASSASSINATION : Twenty Assassinations That Changed History / Davis, Lee, author 580374 London : Tiger Books International,©19931993engIn this acutely penetrating study of political murder, Lee Davis turns a searchlight on twenty historic killings. He incisively profiles each victim and probes with piercing insight the often mysterious mind of the assassin. Once the key personalities are defined, minute by minute narration recreates their fatal encounter. An information panel and a photograph or contemporary drawing of the scene of the crime opens each chapter, and the book is liberally furnished with reproductions of the newspaper front pages that originally brought these stories to the millions of ordinary people who were so deeply affected.Includes bibliographical references In this acutely penetrating study of political murder, Lee Davis turns a searchlight on twenty historic killings. He incisively profiles each victim and probes with piercing insight the often mysterious mind of the assassin. Once the key personalities are defined, minute by minute narration recreates their fatal encounter. An information panel and a photograph or contemporary drawing of the scene of the crime opens each chapter, and the book is liberally furnished with reproductions of the newspaper front pages that originally brought these stories to the millions of ordinary people who were so deeply affected.Chandrakanda M K Pillai & Shailini Ashoka;PRZSLAssassinationPolitical crimes and offenses URN:ISBN:9781855013285URN:ISBN:1855013282 |
| spellingShingle | Assassination Political crimes and offenses Davis, Lee, author 580374 ASSASSINATION : Twenty Assassinations That Changed History / |
| title | ASSASSINATION : Twenty Assassinations That Changed History / |
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| title_short | ASSASSINATION : Twenty Assassinations That Changed History / |
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| topic | Assassination Political crimes and offenses |
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