Shooting Victoria : Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy

from AstonishingChristina

Queen Victoria apparently spent a lot of time ducking. This is the history of seven boys and men who made more-or-less serious attempts on the life of the queen. Most of them were demented, although there were one or two attempts by Irish nationalists that didn't get very far. Each of these attem...

from mbmackay

A very well written book. Tells the story of the eight attacks made on Queen Victoria during her long reign While these attacks might be only mildly interesting in themselves, the author uses them to tell more of the times - both for the poor, and for the governing elite. I came away with a much ...

from pierthinker

During her reign Queen Victoria survived seven assassination attempts. [Shooting Victoria] tells the story of each of those attempts and describes how they changed the monarchy's relationship with the nation and changed the legal and political relationship between Government and monarch. Along th...

from GunnarGrey

Yes, the book's long, but that's not my problem here. My problem is that what the author calls an assassination attempt I call pitiful. A teenager with a nonfunctioning (and clearly nonfunctioning) antique pistol (antique at the time) does not qualify. Someone firing blanks (flintlocks loaded wit...

from picardyrose

Very interesting description of the origins of the insanity defense.