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The Trigger

The Hunt for Gavrilo Princip - the Assassin who Brought the World to War

Butcher, Tim

The Trigger

The Trigger

The Hunt for Gavrilo Princip - the Assassin who Brought the World to War

The Trigger

 

On a summer morning in Sarajevo a hundred years ago, a teenage assassin named Gavrilo Princip fired not just the opening shots of the First World War but the starting gun for modern history, when he killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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Beschrijving The Trigger

Retracing Princip's journey from his highland birthplace, through the mythical valleys of Bosnia to the fortress city of Belgrade and ultimately Sarajevo, this book illuminates our understanding both of Princip and the places that shaped him while uncovering details about Princip which have eluded historians for a century.

ISBN
9780099581338
Pagina's
352
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NUR
680
Druk
1
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Paperback / softback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Vintage Publishing

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