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The Assassination of the Prime Minister - John Bellingham and the Murder of Spencer Perceval (Paperback)
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The Assassination of the Prime Minister - John Bellingham and the Murder of Spencer Perceval (Paperback)
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Only once in history has a British Prime Minister been
assassinated. At 5.00 p.m. on Monday, 11 May 1812, John Bellingham
made his way to the Houses of Parliament carrying concealed
weapons. At 5.15 p.m., as the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon. Spencer
Perceval, was making his way across the lobby leading to the House
of Commons, Bellingham shot him dead at point-blank range.
Bellingham was immediately arrested and put on trial two days
later: refusing to plead insanity, he was convicted and hanged
before the week was out. Bellingham was neither a revolutionary nor
a religious fanatic, but a successful young entrepreneur. What had
driven him to commit such a heinous crime? In a story of suspense,
revenge and personal tragedy, David C. Hanrahan tells the
interwoven stories of Perceval and Bellingham, detailing not just
the events of May 1812, but also the two men's histories, and what
led one to take the other's life.
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