The Prince and the Assassin [electronic resource] : Australia's First Royal Tour and Portent of World Terror
Steve Harris2017
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The engrossing real life story of how Queen Victoria's favourite son, Prince
Alfred, undertook the most ambitious Royal tour, only for Australia's
overwhelming joy of having the first Royal on its shores jolted by his decadent
behaviour, then shocked by an attempted assassination by a man trained as a
priest.
The British Empire's youngest and most distant outpost found itself at the
epicentre of a new crime and empirical fears about the first inter-continental
terrorist group, a conspiracy and a 'lone wolf '. In a resulting 'reign of
terror' extraordinary steps were taken to safeguard security with laws on
treason and sedition which even the Queen felt went too far, and the would-be
assassin was hastily executed in a miscarriage of justice led by opportunistic
politicians.
This is an extraordinary and atmospheric weaving of the stories - some detailed
for the first time - of royal intrigue, sexual appetite, religious bigotry,
patriotic vengeance, naked ambition, natio...
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Author:
Steve Harris, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Melbourne Books, 2017
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (336 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781925556155
Language:
English
BRN:
433917
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |