The Trigger by Tim Butcher - Hardcover

The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War by Tim Butcher - Hardcover Wear on dustcover, otherwise EUC Genre: WWI, History, Politics On a summer morning in Sarajevo a hundred years ago, a teenage assassin named Gavrilo Princip fired not just the opening shots of the First World War but the starting gun for modern history, when he killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Yet the events Princip triggered were so monumental that his own story has been largely overlooked, his role garbled and motivations misrepresented. The Trigger puts this right, filling out as never before a figure who changed our world and whose legacy still has an impact on all of us today. Born a penniless backwoodsman, Princip’s life changed when he trekked through Bosnia and Serbia to attend school. As he ventured across fault lines of faith, nationalism and empire, so tightly clustered in the Balkans, radicalisation slowly transformed him from a frail farm boy into history’s most influential assassin. Ships same or next business day Comes from a non-smoking home Thanks for taking a look! Offers welcome/Bundles welcome Bundle weight limit: 5 lbs max