Murder In Lyons, France: A French President Is Assassinated June 24, 1894 (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Cesario Santo, an Italian baker of Sicilian ethnicity, murdered French President Marie Francios Sadi Carnot during the leader's appearance at an international exhibition in Lyons. The date was June 24, 1894. Santo may have been part of a wider plot as my e-book explains. The assassin maintained that he acted alone until he was sentenced to the guillotine and up to the moment of his execution in August. It's for readers to come to their own conclusions but there were anarchists in action worldwide. In the United States the 1886 Haymarket Bombing in Chicago was still an issue as was the 1894 Pullman Strike. Security was tightened around the appearances of Presidents and heads of state. Santo is noteworthy as an anarchist because of his single mindedness and determination to carry out his act. He risked all when he leaped from a crowd and stabbed the unfortunate Sadi Carnot with a dagger that he hid inside his sleeve. The anarchist movement in the United States resulted in President William McKinley's murder by Leon Czolgosz in September 1901. Cesario Santo was a common man who brought down a world leader who he had no real personal dislike for except that the French President was one of many tyrants. He had also refused to pardon Santo's fellow anarchists.