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Excerpt from Famous Assassinations of History: From Philip of Macedon, 336 B. C. To Alexander of Servia, A. D. 1903
It will undoubtedly occur to some who read this vol ume that it should have included the assassination of President Garfield. It was omitted, not from any want of respect or sympathy for the memory of our illustrious martyr-president, but simply for the reason that his assassination rather grew out of the morbid aberration of one diseased mind than out of the general spirit of the epoch in which he lived.
Others may think that the assassinations of Henry the Third of France, of Henry of Guise, and of Marshal Coligny, which are certainly famous in history, should have found a place here. But they all grew out of the'' same spirit of religious hatred and con?ict in France during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and Henry the Fourth was selected as its most illustrious victim.
It has been the object of the writer to make each of these famous assassinations the central scene of a picture in which the political, religious, or national features of the epoch in which the assassination oc curred are portrayed with historical fidelity and strict impartiality.
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It will undoubtedly occur to some who read this vol ume that it should have included the assassination of President Garfield. It was omitted, not from any want of respect or sympathy for the memory of our illustrious martyr-president, but simply for the reason that his assassination rather grew out of the morbid aberration of one diseased mind than out of the general spirit of the epoch in which he lived.
Others may think that the assassinations of Henry the Third of France, of Henry of Guise, and of Marshal Coligny, which are certainly famous in history, should have found a place here. But they all grew out of the'' same spirit of religious hatred and con?ict in France during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and Henry the Fourth was selected as its most illustrious victim.
It has been the object of the writer to make each of these famous assassinations the central scene of a picture in which the political, religious, or national features of the epoch in which the assassination oc curred are portrayed with historical fidelity and strict impartiality.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
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Author
Francis Johnson
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ISBN - 9780265413319
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 503
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Author
Francis Johnson
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ISBN - 9781330805176
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 505
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