# Day of the Assassins

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- Book: [Day of the Assassins](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-burleigh/day-of-the-assassins) ([Day of the Assassins.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-burleigh/day-of-the-assassins.md))
- Authors: [Michael Burleigh](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-burleigh)
- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-15-2903-017-4
- Pages: 448
- Published: 2022-08-18
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Day of the Assassins is written with Burleigh’s characteristic brio, with pithy summaries of historical moments (he is brilliant on the Americans in Vietnam, for example) and full of surprising vignettes, which he handles with a commendable sang-froid.