Why Spencer Perceval Had to Die: The Assassination of a British Prime Minister
Andro Linklater,Hardcover, Edition: 1, English-language edition,Pub by Walker & Company on 05-08-2012
Andro Linklater,Hardcover, Edition: 1, English-language edition,Pub by Walker & Company on 05-08-2012
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780802779984 (0802779980)
Publish date: May 8th 2012
Publisher: Walker & Company
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
In 1812, during a crucial period before war might be declared between Great Britain and the United States over British harassment of Atlantic trade, the British prime minister was shot in the House of Commons. The assassin was a gentleman, a merchant from Liverpool, who never tried to resist arrest....