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Radio 4,05 Jul 1991,15 mins

Gavrilo Princip kills Duke Franz Ferdinand

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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How Serbian Gavrilo Princip, the murderer of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austro-Hungary, destroyed the empire and instigated the First World War in one shot.

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