Royal Murders

by Ashdown, Dulcie M.

• ISBN13: 9780750924399
• ISBN10: 075092439X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd

Summary

An absorbing compendium of 'who-dunnits', gory fellings, witchcraft, infanticide and assassinations that have changed the course of history. Spanning more than a thousand years of European history, this book looks at the motives, means and consequences of the murders of -- and sometimes by -- members of Europe's ruling families. It includes tales of family rivalry, religious fanaticism, witchcraft, assassinations and revolution, together with gruesome accounts of the punishments that befell the murderers who were caught. The book carries the reader up to the 20th century with the deaths of Anwar Sadat, Yitzchak Rabin and Princess Di.

Author Biography

Dulcie M. Ashdown is a writer of popular history and historical biography, and a freelance copy-editor of non-fiction

Table of Contents

List of Plates	vii
Picture Credits	viii
A Note on Names	ix
Acknowledgements	x
Introduction	xi
Sword and Arrow	1	(21)
A Woman's Weapons	22	(17)
A Family Affair	39	(19)
Scotland	58	(14)
Murder by Magic	72	(14)
For God's Sake	86	(24)
Killing No Murder	110	(10)
Russia	120	(19)
Marksmen, Madmen and the Infernal Machine	139	(20)
Crowned Killers	159	(9)
Propaganda by Deed	168	(16)
The Assassin's Heyday	184	(11)
The Bullet that Started a War	195	(11)
A Few Among Many	206	(12)
Echoes of Bomb and Bullet	218	(22)
Sources and Further Reading	240	(9)
Index	249