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The Trigger - Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War (Paperback)
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The Trigger - Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War (Paperback)
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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.
By retracing Princip's journey from his highland birthplace,
through the mythical valleys of Bosnia to the fortress city of
Belgrade and ultimately Sarajevo, Tim Butcher illuminates our
understanding both of Princip and the places that shaped him. Tim
uncovers details about Princip that have eluded historians for a
century and draws on his own experience, as a war reporter in the
Balkans in the 1990s, to face down ghosts of conflicts past and
present. The Trigger is a rich and timely work that brings to life
both the moment the world first went to war and an extraordinary
region with a potent hold over history.
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