Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy
Format: kindle
ASIN: B008AUC5NW
Publish date: July 3rd 2012
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
19th Century,
Crime,
Biography Memoir,
True Crime,
European History,
World History
The author's thesis boils down to "eight assassination attempts secured the preservation of the British monarchy". This thesis is not defended well enough to make the book worthy of its length. Also, there are over 100 pages of endnotes; 1/6 of the book is endnotes. No. An interesting thesis that go...
A very good collective biography that goes a step farther. The story deals with the people who tried to assassinate Queen Victoria, along with their stories, associated events, and how the British monarchy switched from the dislikable, excessive Hanoverans to what we know today. Very well written, e...
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