About this episode

The episode discusses the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and its historical implications.

On a summer day in Sarajevo in 1914, a young man fired two rounds of his pistol in the middle of the street, killing a Royal couple... He didn't know it then, but his actions would cause a chain reaction, resulting in the First World War. But who were Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, the Duchess Sofie? What kind of relationship did they have? And how did a single, chaotic day unravel into one of history’s most devastating turning points? Anthony is joined for the final time this month by the marvellous Gareth Russell to retell this tragedy. Gareth's book is “The Emperors: How Europe's Rulers Were Destroyed by the First World War”. Edited by Hannah Feodorov. Produced by Tomos Delargy. Senior Producer is Freddy Chick. For tickets to see Anthony and Maddy talking about her new book, Hoax, click here: https://www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/event/hoax/ Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   You can take part in our listener survey here . All music from Epidemic Sounds. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit…

People in this episode

Host: Anthony

Guest: Gareth Russell

Topics covered

• assassination
• World War I
• historical events
• royalty
• relationships
• tragedy

Keywords

• assassination
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Duchess Sofie
• Gareth Russell
• First World War
• historical tragedy
• Sarajevo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: History Hit, Epidemic Sounds, Acast

Books & works: The Emperors: How Europe's Rulers Were Destroyed by the First World War

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