{"product_id":"the-angel-of-assassination-josephine-daly-9798265873613","title":"The Angel of Assassination: Charlotte Corday","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Angel of Assassination: Charlotte Corday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1793, as the French Revolution devoured its own children, a young Norman aristocrat made a choice that would echo through history. Charlotte Corday, educated in the philosophical ideals of the Enlightenment at a convent school, watched in horror as radical journalist Jean-Paul Marat's inflammatory writings fueled the bloodbath consuming France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConvinced that one man's death could prevent civil war and save thousands of lives, the twenty-four-year-old woman traveled to Paris with a single purpose: to silence the voice that called daily for more executions, more terror, more blood. Armed only with a kitchen knife and unwavering conviction, she gained entry to Marat's apartment and struck the fatal blow that would make her either a heroine or a monster-depending on one's perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in Charlotte's own voice, this gripping historical novel follows her journey from sheltered convent student to political assassin, from her comfortable childhood in Normandy through her final moments on the scaffold. Unrepentant to the end, Charlotte Corday believed she was sacrificing her life and soul to save France from itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory remembers her as the Angel of Assassination-a woman who killed in the name of peace and died without regret for the choice that defined her brief, dramatic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Josephine Daly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798265873613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.34d","brand":"Josephine Daly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48175765717247,"sku":"9798265873613","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ecccf1a0-da86-4df3-a22a-d81df62420bd.jpg?v=1771335764","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-angel-of-assassination-josephine-daly-9798265873613","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}