{"product_id":"book-1m4j","title":"Assassins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree full-cast dramas exploring the minds of history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e's most infamous killers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis powerful trilogy of radio dramas examines the motives and moral reasoning of the people who carried out some of the most culturally impactful political assassinations of the eighteenth and nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Virgin Knife\u003c\/b\u003e: On 13 July 1793 Charlotte Corday, a young woman from Caen in Normandy, travelled to Paris with the sole intention of killing Jean Paul Marat while he sat in his bath. What drove her to such an extreme? Starring \u003cb\u003eSamantha Bond \u003c\/b\u003e(\u003ci\u003eDownton Abbey, James Bond\u003c\/i\u003e) as Charlotte Corday and \u003cb\u003eGerard Murphy \u003c\/b\u003eas Jean-Paul Marat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Mere Five Thousand Pounds\u003c\/b\u003e: On a sunny day in May 1812, as Napoleon's armies massed on the Russian borders, Liverpudlian timber merchant John Bellingham was feeling aggrieved. He entered the House of Commons and shot dead the then prime minister Spencer Perceval. Starring \u003cb\u003eDavid Horovitch\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMiss Marple\u003c\/i\u003e) as John Bellingham.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSic Semper Tyrannis\u003c\/b\u003e: On Friday, April 14th 1865, thirty minutes into the performance of \u003ci\u003eOur American Cousin\u003c\/i\u003e, at the Ford Theatre in Washington, John Wilkes Booth entered US President Abraham Lincoln's State Box and shot him dead. What set of remarkable circumstances led to an event that in its time was as momentous as the assassination of J.F. Kennedy? Starring \u003cb\u003eNathan Osgood\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eFlorence Foster Jenkins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCriminal \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHomes and Watson\u003c\/i\u003e) as John Wilkes Booth and \u003cb\u003eCarlos Antonio\u003c\/b\u003e as Davey Herold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriter David Pownall was internationally-renowned for his work on stage, TV and radio, and is recognised as one of the UK's most prolific and respected radio dramatists. His stage plays have been performed on Broadway, and at the National Theatre, Old Vic, Wyndham and Barbican in London, and the RSC. His many awards include the John Whiting Prize, the New York Theatre Yearbook, the London Stage Directors' Award and two Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Awards. He also received two Giles Cooper Awards and three Sony Awards for his radio work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCast and credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by David Pownall\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Eoin O'Callaghan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Virgin Knife \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Corday - Samantha Bond\u003cbr\u003eJean Paul Marat - Gerard Murphy\u003cbr\u003eFirst Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25th February 1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Mere Five Thousand Pounds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by David Pownall\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Eoin O'Callaghan\u003cbr\u003eJohn Bellingham - David Horovitch\u003cbr\u003eFirst Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4th March 1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSic Semper Tyrannis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Wilkes Booth - Nathan Osgood\u003cbr\u003eDavey Herold - Carlos Antonio\u003cbr\u003eFirst Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 11th March 1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2026 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67295813108016,"sku":"BD1m4j","price":11.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1m4j-Square-cover.jpg?v=1783377601","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1m4j","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}