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The compelling, tragic and often bizarre life stories of history's famous and infamous assassins, now collected in one comprehensive, easy-to-use volume.
The names are well-known, but how much do you know about the inner lives of John Hinckley Jr., who shot Ronald Reagan in a misguided attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster, or Mark David Chapman, who, after shooting John Lennon, sat down on the sidewalk to continue reading The Catcher in the Rye? And what about the world's not-so-famous assassins? Find out what happened when Carlito Dimahilig attacked Imelda Marcos with a bolo knife (and how one of her many famous pairs of shoes came into play!), or why Max Hödel could be considered one of the least successful assassins in history.
With breadth of study and a keen eye for detail, George Fetherling has compiled a fascinating and very readable compendium -- the first of its kind -- of more than 200 biographies of assassins from all periods and countries, for the scholar and general reader alike. Fetherling also provides an overview of the history of assassination, outlines the five psychological types of assassins and gives a run-down of the most useful literature in the field.
Ideal for students, historians, history buffs, psychologists and readers interested in biography and true crime, this book is a must have window into the lives of those who have drastically shaped the history of our world.
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A Biographical Dictionary of the World's Assassins is George Fetherling's first venture into true crime. As Douglas Fetherling, he has published fifty books of poetry, fiction, essays, history, biography and criticism. He lives in Ontario and British Columbia.
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World's Assassins
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Random House Canada, Toronto, 2001
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A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF THE WORLD'S ASSASSINS
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Hardcover / Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First edition. Hardback. A comprehensive guide and absorbing chronicle of some of the most influential crimes in history. Until this book's publication, there had been no single source for the life stories of assassins in various eras and cultures: the infamous ones and the surprisingly forgotten, the ideologues and the zealots, the sociopaths and the mercenary killers. This book fills the gap. It is much more than a ready reference, and has no political subtext. It is a collection of biographical stories, a few well-known but most obscure, dealing with individual assassins from the ancient world to the present day. With an Index of Victims. 391pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. in F. dw. Codice articolo 13345
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