In the Crosshairs: Famous Assassinations and Attempts from Julius Caesar to John Lennon - Tapa blanda

In the Crosshairs offers compelling accounts of some of the most important and appalling assassinations in history, including attacks on world leaders, high-profile celebrities, major religious figures, and even on assassins themselves. You’ll find complete details on the assassin; the victim; the circumstances of the attack, including the motive and the type of weapon used; and the outcome. Many well-known people have been targeted for assassination. Here are some of those whom you’ll find in pages of In the Crosshairs: Winston Churchill, Bill Clinton, Medgar Evers, Larry Flynt, Wild Bill Hickock, John Lennon, Malcolm X, Harvey Milk, Lord Mountbatten, Rasputin, Leon Trotsky, Gianni Versace, Andy Warhol.

STEPHEN SPIGNESI is a New York Times bestselling author who writes about historical biography, popular culture, television, film, American and world history, and contemporary fiction. He is also a university professor, novelist, poet, screenwriter and musician. Spignesi—christened “the world’s leading authority on Stephen King” by Entertainment Weekly magazine — has worked with Stephen King, Turner Entertainment, the Margaret Mitchell Estate, Andy Griffith, the Smithsonian Institution, and George Washington’s Mount Vernon on a wide range of projects. He has also written for Harper’s, Saturday Review and TV Guide, as well as the New York Times, the New York Daily News and the New York Post. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, and other TV and radio outlets. Spignesi’s 60 books have been translated into a dozen languages.