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Best that I've read: I Claudius , by Robert Graves.
I'm not quite sure it's really a book on assassination. This being said, it also has a great BCC adaptation with Derek Jacobi [1] ! [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEeXcJZEATU&list=PLEjWO5ZEvW...
The Day of the Jackal is a phenomenal thriller
This is a bit off-topic, but Navalny calling his killer and pranking him into telling all kinds of nasty details of Navalny's own killing attempt is mind-bogging [1]. I am sure this is now part of all secrets services of the world 101 trainings. Full audio with English transcript: [2]. There is also a bit of background told by Navalny later on, e.g. the name Maxim Sergeevich Ustinov was not really random. [1] https:/…
Best that I've read: I Claudius , by Robert Graves.
This was Graves' idea of making a quick buck by dashing off a potboiler, btw:
> Graves stated in an interview with Malcolm Muggeridge in 1965, that he wrote I, Claudius mainly because he needed the money to pay off a debt, having been let down in a land deal. He needed to raise £4000, but with the success of the books he brought in £8000 in six months, thus extricating himself from his precarious financial position. [2]
This is a bit off-topic, but Navalny calling his killer and pranking him into telling all kinds of nasty details of Navalny's own killing attempt is mind-bogging [1]. I am sure this is now part of all secrets services of the world 101 trainings. Full audio with English transcript: [2]. There is also a bit of background told by Navalny later on, e.g. the name Maxim Sergeevich Ustinov was not really random. [1] https:/…