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Kill the Queen!
Barrie Charles
其他書名
The Eight Assassination Attempts on Queen Victoria
出版Amberley Publishing, 2012
主題Biography & Autobiography / RoyaltyHistory / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901)History / Modern / GeneralHistory / Modern / 19th CenturyHistory / Social History
ISBN14456045749781445604572
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QKufuAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Queen Victoria was our longest reigning monarch, a symbol of Britain's great age of power and imperialism. But her life could so easily have been cut short. Just three years after she ascended to the throne, a humble 'pot-boy' fired a brace of pistols at her from just six paces away. She escaped unharmed, but amazingly there were seven further attacks or attempts on her life over the next forty-seven years. The perpetrators were a mixture of madmen, attention-seekers, and fiends: the unemployed carpenter who ended up transported to the hell of a labour camp in Van Dieman's Land; the midget newsvendor who eventually took his own life; the army officer who dressed as a dandy; the disaffected artist, and the Fenian terrorists. Through it all there is Victoria; how she coped with the fear and became a symbol of resolve and determination. Each chapter of this book captures the drama of the attack and uncovers the would-be assassin's motives, describing their lives up to that point, their trial and sentence, and what became of them afterwards. Extensive original research in England and Australia has uncovered a mass of new and previously unpublished detail that makes for an absorbing read.