The Awful End of Prince William the Silent
Subtitle: The First Assassination of a Head of State with a Handgun (Making History)
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: February 7, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780060838355
Subjects: Historical - General; Western Europe - Benelux; Modern - 16th Century; Europe - General; Modern World History (Circa 1450 To Present); Netherlands; Biography & Autobiography; History - General History; History; Royalty; Princes; Assassination; Biography
First sentence: THE PROTESTANT PRINCE who fell victim to a Catholic assassin's three bullets in July 1584 had not been destined from birth to lead a nation.