The Trigger

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

Product details

• Authors: Tim Butcher, Butcher Tim
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9780099581338
• ISBN: 978-0-09-958133-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Bosnia-Herzegovina, c 1910 to c 1919, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), War and defence operations, Political Assassinations, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I