Why Spencer Perceval Had to Die

Why Spencer Perceval Had to Die
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9781408831717
ISBN-13 : 1408831716
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Book Synopsis Why Spencer Perceval Had to Die by : Andro Linklater

Download or read book Why Spencer Perceval Had to Die written by Andro Linklater and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 11 May 1812 Spencer Perceval, the British Prime Minister, was fatally shot at close range in the lobby of the House of Commons. In the confused aftermath, his assailant, John Bellingham, made no effort to escape. A week later, before his motives could be examined, he was tried and hanged.Here, for the first time, the historian Andro Linklater looks past the conventional image of Bellingham as a 'deranged businessman' and portrays him as an individual, driven by personal anxieties and by the raw emotions that convulsed his home town of Liverpool. But as the evidence accumulates, a wider, darker picture emerges - John Bellignham was not alone in hating the prime minister.Two hundred years later, Andro Linklater examines the ecidence and brilliantly deconstructs the assassination of Spencer Perceval - the only British Prime Minister ever to have suffered that fate - to offer a fresh perspective on Britain and the Western world at a critical moment in history.


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