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The Awful End of Prince William the Silent: The First Assassination of a Head of State with a Handgun (Making History)
The Awful End of Prince William the Silent The First Assassination of a Head of State with a Handgun - Making History Author:Lisa Jardine The assassination of Prince William of Orange by a French Catholic in 1584 had immediate political consequences and a profound effect on the course of history. It was a serious setback for Protestants in the Netherlands, who were struggling for independence from the Catholic rule of the Hapsburg Empire. But the crime's ramifications were eve... more »n more earth-shattering, for it heralded the arrival of a new threat to the safety of world leaders and the security of nations: a pistol that could easily be concealed on one's person and employed to lethal effect at point-blank range« less