The Assassination of the Archduke

Greg King and Sue Woolmans recount the love story between Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie Chotek and their assassination in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, which directly triggered the First World War. The book humanises an extraordinary couple whose murder carried unimaginable political consequences and fundamentally reshaped the entire twentieth century.

ISBN 9781250000163 · Macmillan · 2013