Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy - Tapa blanda

I would like to have been taught by him. He's the most free-spirited of scholars. Shooting Victoria rambles uninhibitedly and learnedly through 19th-century history into literature, penology, constitutional theory and even ballistics, stimulating highly topical thoughts along the way. --John Sutherland

I would like to have been taught by him. He s the most free-spirited of scholars. Shooting Victoria rambles uninhibitedly and learnedly through 19th-century history into literature, penology, constitutional theory and even ballistics, stimulating highly topical thoughts along the way. --John Sutherland"

In this delightful book, Murphy argues that the assassination attempts on the queen during her nearly sixty-four-year reign cemented her popularity, helping her create the modern monarchy.

The pages slip by in this well-written new take on Victoria and her times. An enlightening study of Queen Victoria and her reign.

Murphy recounts in a fresh, lively narrative how these deluded subjects managed to channel their mental instability or optimistic naivete into assassination attempts.

A New York Times Notable Book of 2012