Steve Harris

The Prince and the Assassin (eBook, ePUB)

Australia's First Royal Tour and Portent of World Terror

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The engrossing real life story of how Queen Victoria's favourite son, Prince Alfred, undertook the most ambitious Royal tour, only for Australia's overwhelming joy of having the first Royal on its shores jolted by his decadent behaviour, then shocked by an attempted assassination by a man trained as a priest.

The British Empire's youngest and most distant outpost found itself at the epicentre of a new crime and empirical fears about the first inter-continental terrorist group, a conspiracy and a 'lone wolf '. In a resulting 'reign of terror' extraordinary steps were taken to safeguard security with laws on treason and sedition which even the Queen felt went too far, and the would-be assassin was hastily executed in a miscarriage of justice led by opportunistic politicians.

This is an extraordinary and atmospheric weaving of the stories - some detailed for the first time - of royal intrigue, sexual appetite, religious bigotry, patriotic vengeance, naked ambition, national security and moral panic. They are stories of royals, immigrants, archbishops, republicans and the founding fathers of Australia and issues that remain with us today.

Drawing on Royal, British and Australian archives, the compelling narrative embraces a pivotal time in the evolution of Australia, and on the 150th anniversary reveals how a minute of madness rocked the country to its foundations, with a legacy which helped shape Australia's history and continues to influence and challenge us today.

Revelations & insights in The Prince and the Assassin:
- Prince Alfred's spare heir upbringing as 'the chosen one' and prospective King of Australia
- Sexually decadent royal behaviour
- An historic tour which became the model for 50 subsequent royal tours to Australia
- Religious bigotry, violence and death in early Australia
- How a young migrant trained and destined to be a priest became an assassin
- How the biggest crime in Australia shocked, shamed, terrorised and divided the country
- How Henry Parkes, 'founder of federation', suppressed and doctored evidence, hired private spies and criminals for political advantage
- Australia suppressing civil liberties, even making it a crime of treason to discuss republicanism and to not drink a toast to the Queen
- Australian Catholics accused of disloyalty and an Archbishop conspiring against the Government
- Australia's most sensational trial, one of injustice and vengeance for a crime not on the Empire's capital list
- Alfred appealing for his would-be killer to not be executed
- An Australian Government accused of promoting fear for political advantage and committing treason and fraud

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Melbourne Books
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781925556155
• Artikelnr.: 55030599

Autorenporträt

Steve Harris has walked with Jesus since 1987. He has taught the Word of God and preached the Gospel in many nations of the world, with salvation, healing, and miracles often accompanying the message. He has worshipped with ministers such as Ron Kenoly, Pastor Benny Hinn, and Olivia McClurkin. As the founder of Outpouring Ministries, an organisation that exists to make a difference in a world full of desperate need, Steve has launched mercy ministries in developing nations, constructing wells, computer & sewing schools, and establishing small to medium enterprises to lift people out of poverty. He is also the founder of Global Influencers, a global community that is joined together in agape love and growing through the truth of God's Word and the fire of the Holy Spirit. Members are trained and equipped to walk in the fullness of the Gospel of the Kingdom, and to restore Kingdom culture from grassroots to government in the villages, cities, regions, and nations of the world.