The Trigger
Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War
by Tim Butcher
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Pub Date 1 May 2014 | Archive Date 19 Mar 2014
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Vintage Digital
Description
‘The most original of First World War centenary books; it is a travel narrative of rare resonance and insight’ Sunday Times
On a summer morning in 1914, a teenage assassin fired the starting gun for modern history.
It was a young teenage boy named Gavrilo Princip who fired that fateful shot which killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo and ultimately ignited World War War. A hundred years later, Tim Butcher undertakes an extraordinary journey to uncover the story of this unknown boy who changed our world forever. By retracing Princip’s journey from his highland birthplace, through the mythical valleys of Bosnia to the fortress city of Belgrade and ultimately Sarajevo, he illuminates our understanding both of Princip and the places that shaped him while uncovering details about Princip which have eluded historians for more than a century.
‘A masterpiece of historical empathy and evocation...This book is a tour de force’ Guardian
A Note From the Publisher
UK edition – available to read in UK, Commonwealth and Europe (excluding Canada).
Marketing Plan
publication to coincide with the centenary of the assassinaton, 28 June 1914
Amongst
so many books published around the anniversary of the First World War,
this one will stand out - it is accessible, fascinating and engaging
history, which uses a unique angle as a way of looking at the War and
subsequent events, and it weaves travel and personal narrative
throughout.
Tim is brilliant at illuminating this little-understood, complex region
Tim
worked as a war reporter in the Balkans during the 1990s war - this
book includes moving and dramatic stories from his experiences
Tim
has uncovered papers that no historian has found before - school
reports from the years that Princip lived in Sarajevo, which show his
transformation from Grade A student to disruptive revolutionary
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781448155644 |
| PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
