How the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to World War 1 within a month

The circumstances of the shooting of Franz Ferdinand were unusual, but it was not seen as a particularly significant geopolitical event at the time. Here is the chain of events that transpired, ...

This comedy about the Great War’s origins is a real misfire

Archduke, about the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914, starts promisingly but runs out of things to say ...
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This dark comedy about Franz Ferdinand’s assassins is a bleakly funny parable about radicalisation

If you’re in the market for a meticulously accurate, 100 percent culturally sensitive drama about the events that led to the assassination of the Archduke Franz ...
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The Shifting Legacy Of The Man Who Shot Franz Ferdinand

A hundred years ago Saturday, Gavrilo Princip shot the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. That event triggered World War I, charting the course for the 20th century. Today, the legacy of the Bosnian ...

Archduke play at the Royal Court: A fascinating comedy about radicalisation

Archduke | Royal Court | ★★★★☆ I’m not sure what I expected from this play about the days preceding the assassination of the ...