Hedges, William and James, 5
Hellidon: St John the Baptist church, 4–5
Hemingway, Ernest, 12
Herzegovina, 24, 55, 73–4, 110
Hitler, Adolf, 11, 25, 116, 193, 295
Holbrooke, Richard, 158–9
horns, made from hazel bark by shepherds, 76
Igman, Mount, 154–60, 233, 290
Ilić, Danilo, 192, 269–70, 278–81, 296
Ilić, Stoja, 168, 291
Ilidža: Hotel Bosna, 265, 289–90
Irby, Adeline, 53–4
Isakovica, 256, 261
Islam: Bosnian Muslims, 110–15, 128, 170; Bosnian Muslims in Bosnian War, 78, 106–10, 144, 149–54, 155–6, 212–34; influence in Balkans, 48; influence in Bosnia, 51–3; jihadis in Bosnian War, 139–43; and Sarajevo, 164–5, 204–5
Italy, 11–12, 117
Jajce, 118, 134–6
James, Alyn Reginald, 8–10
Janissaries, 165
Jasenovac, 116
Jevdjević, Dobroslav, 65, 194
Jevrem (Serbian nobleman), 260
Jews, 165
Jolie, Angelina, 206
Joyce, James, 25
Kapranos, Alex, 137
Karadžić, Radovan, 250
kilims, 33–4, 149
Kipling, Rudyard, 7
Knight, Donald, 125
Kosovo, battle of (1389), 268
Koviljača, 255–6
Kropotkin, Peter, 189–90, 199
Kuna, Ljupko, 126–7, 129
Kupres, 126
Kupres, Gates of, 110
Kurtović, I., 175
landmines, 33, 36, 84, 92–3, 103, 111
Lašva valley, 139, 143–4
Latić, Muzafer, 110–12, 113–15
Lenin, V.I., 191
Levak, Tamara, 148
Levitt, Jan, 282
Livno, 102
Lučić, Zdravko, 104–5, 108–10, 123–5, 150, 152
Lutyens, Sir Edwin, 19
MacLean, Alistair, 117
Maclean, Fitzroy, 118–23, 125, 127, 130, 134
Major, John, 189
Mandela, Nelson, 159
Marić, Špiro, 67
Marš Mira see Peace March
Marx, Karl, 13, 189–90
Medjugorje, 93
Mehmed-paša Sokolović, 51
Memedbašić, Mehmed, 113–14, 269–70, 271, 278
Mihailović, Draža, 116
Milan (Princip family friend), 86–9, 91, 92
Milošević, Slobodan, 79–80, 213, 239
minarets, 128
minefields see landmines
Mitrinović, Dimitrije, 191
Mlada Bosna see Young Bosnia
Mladić, Ratko, 250
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 140
Montenegro, 240
Morillon, General Philippe, 214
Morris, William, 13, 199
Mostar, 106–8, 190, 191
mujahideen, 139–43
mushrooms, 75
nationalism, 211–12, 238–40, 247–50, 296–7
NATO, 215–16, 233, 290
Netherlands, 217, 218
Nightingale, Florence, 54 9/11, 140
Obljaj: and Bosnian War, 233–4; GP visits, 197; in GP’s day, 58–60; GP’s family home, 42–3, 61–2, 68; under Habsburgs, 57, 197; location, 24, 41; present day, 41–4; under Ottomans, 52, 53
Oh! What a Lovely War (film), 10
Omerović, Džile, 224–9, 230–1, 234
Only Fools and Horses (TV series), 223, 261
Operation Storm (1995), 79, 80–1, 92, 110
Osmanović, Selman and Ferida, 233, 234
Ottoman Empire: administration, 50–1; conquest of Balkans, 47, 48; occupation of Bosnia, 49–53, 149, 164–6; expelled from Balkans in Balkans Wars, 239–40; Young Turks, 188
Owen, Wilfred, 10
Pappenheim, Dr Martin: background and relationship with GP, 186; on GP in prison, 282, 283; notes on GP’s assassination plans, 251, 270; notes on GP’s education, 193; notes on GP’s motives, 198, 249; notes on GP’s radicalisation, 202; notes on GP’s rejection by Serbian army, 240–1
Pasić plain, 41, 64, 75, 85
Peace March (Marš Mira), 221–5, 231
Petrović, Stefan, 259–60
Pobudje, 225–7
Popović, Cvetko, 269, 279, 274, 278–81
Popović, Vojin see Vuk, Vojvoda
Potiorek, General Oskar, 251, 275, 276
Princip, Bosiljka (GP’s sister), 57
Princip, Branko (GP’s brother), 57
Princip, Djuradj (GP’s brother), 57
Princip, Gavrilo (GP)
general: appearance, 63, 136, 185–6, 257, 280; character, 192–4; favourite reading, 193, 199; name’s origins, 50, 61; role in starting First World War, 15; sources, 16–17
life: overview of background and beliefs, 17–19; family history, 47–58; birthplace, 42–3, 45, 61–2, 68; parents and siblings, 45, 57–9; birth and childhood, 58, 60–7, 74–5; migrates to Sarajevo to go to school, 24–5, 133, 156–7, 167–81; love interest, 193–4; radicalisation, 25–7, 102–3, 185–203; financial means, 197; travels to Belgrade, 211; life in Belgrade, 26–7, 203, 237–47; tries without success to enlist in Serb army, 240–1; motives, 17, 19, 67–8, 247–50; Franz Ferdinand assassination plot, 27–8, 251–5, 268–70; involvement with Black Hand, 253–5; fellow conspirators, 18–19, 113–14, 252, 268–9; journey to Sarajevo for the assassination, 27–8, 255–62; Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, 15, 19, 270–7; arrest and questioning, 277–9; police report, 102; trial, 102–3, 201–2, 279–81; escapes execution, 176, 280; imprisonment and death, 24, 281–3; overview of real story, 293–7; tomb, xvii–xviii, 15–16, 295–7; memorials, 208; surviving relatives, 44–6; reputation now, 88, 136–8, 138–9, 250, 259–60
Princip, Gavrilo Mile (GP’s family descendant): appearance and background, 44; on Princip family history, 44–5, 49, 58–60, 74–5; on GP, 58, 64, 66, 67, 74–5; directs author to Bugojno, 46–7; reads aloud own poetry, 65; escorts author towards Bugojno, 69, 73–7, 81–6; on Bosnian War and effects, 79–80
Princip, Ilija (GP’s uncle), 57
Princip, Jovo (GP’s brother): appearance, 185; age relative to GP, 62–3; moves to near Sarajevo, 66; encourages GP to go to school there, 66, 170; financial support for GP, 197; GP lives with temporarily, 242–3; GP’s last visit to, 270
Princip, Koviljka (GP’s sister), 57
Princip, Marija (Nana; GP’s mother): background, 58–9; appearance and character, 62, 63; GP’s birth, 60–1; on GP, 64; encourages him to go to school in Sarajevo, 66; jailed after Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, 68; on GP’s date of birth, 176; later life, 68; death and tomb, 59
Princip, Mika (GP’s family descendant), 44, 67–8
Princip, Miljkan (GP’s family descendant): appearance, 44, 61; on Princip family history, 45, 48, 50, 53; on local railways, 46; on GP, 67
Princip, Nikola (GP’s brother), 63, 185
Princip, Nikola (GP’s family descendant): appearance, 44, 63; on Princip family history, 50, 53, 57, 61–2; on GP, 61–2, 64, 67
Princip, Novak (GP’s family descendant), 47
Princip, Petar (Pepo; GP’s father): background, 58; appearance and character, 63; rebels against Ottomans, 53; postal work, 62; reluctant for GP to go to school in Sarajevo, 66; escorts him there, 24; jailed after Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, 68; later life, 68; tomb, 59
Princip, Vuk (GP’s family descendant), 45, 85
radicalism, 19th and early 20th centuries, 187–92
railways, 129
Red Baron see Richthofen, Baron Manfred von
religion: and Balkan national identity, 47–8; in Bosnia, 51–3, 103–10, 114; in Sarajevo, 164–5, 168–9, 175, 177, 197, 204–5; see also Christianity; Islam; Jews
Remarque, Erich Maria, 10–11
Ribar, Ivo-Lola, 122, 124, 125
Richthofen, Baron Manfred von (the Red Baron), 8
Roma Gypsies, 244, 2
59
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 120
Roth, Joseph, 25
Royal Marines, 141
Rudolf, Crown Prince, 267
Rugby school, 6
Russia, 196, 239, 288
Šabac, 253, 255, 259–61
Sadilo, Angela, 279, 281
St Vitus’s Day, 268
Sapna Thumb, 219–20
Šarac, Djuro, 246–7
Sarajevo: Appel Quay, 167, 271–2, 273–6, 291–3; attitude to Serbs, 16; Baščaršija, 204–7; during Bosnian War, xvii–xx, 16, 155–6, 289–90, 291–2; ethnic and religious mix, 164–5, 168–9, 175, 177, 197, 204–5; Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, 15, 19, 270–7; Franz Ferdinand’s visit, 265–8; GP memorials, 208; in GP’s day, 203–8; GP’s life in, 24, 25–6, 167–81, 192–4, 199–200; GP’s tomb, xvii–xviii, 15–16, 295–7; High Gymnasium, 179–81; Historical Archives, 173–4; history and geography, 163–7; Hotel Europe, 206; Irby’s tomb, 54; Latin Bridge, 164–5, 292; Merchants’ School, 170–1, 175–9, 207; Miljacka River, 163, 166–7, 291; National Archive of Bosnia, 290–1; National Museum, 173; New Sarajevo military barracks, 290; Oprkanj Street, 206–7; present day, 163, 203–8, 290–7; radical politics in early 20th century, 190, 199–202; Skenderija district, 172; town hall/National Library, 291–2
Šator, Forest of, 73, 85–94
Šator, Mount (Tent Mountain), 46–7, 53, 85–94
Sava River, 258–9, 260
Second Balkan War (1913), 247
Second World War (1939–45), 115–25, 138–9
Senad (Muslim leader), 228
Serbia: Bosnian Serbs, 48, 49, 53–4, 60; Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian War, 77–81, 106, 108, 110, 138–9, 164, 212–34; cultural self-education, 64–5; and First World War, 12, 288; and Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, 27, 255, 278, 279; geography and politics, 26–7, 203; GP lives in, 26–7, 203, 237–47; and Habsburg annexation of Bosnia, 195, 196, 198, 238–9; history, 18, 23, 26, 48, 52, 195, 196, 203, 237–40, 268; nationalism, 238–40, 247–50; Old Serbia, 239–40; Sarajevan attitude to Serbs, 16; Serbs and religion, 47–8; Serbs and Second World War, 116, 119–20
silver mining, 212
Sitwell, Edith, 191
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg: background and marriage, 267–8; Sarajevo visit, 265, 268, 272–3, 275; death, 275, 276–7, 279; tomb, 289
Srebrenica, 28–9, 212–34, 249–50, 256–7
Stadler, Josip, Archbishop of Sarajevo, 270
Stalin, Joseph, 25, 120
Strbci, 77
Stupni Do, 106
Taraba, Drago, 147, 149
Taraba, Marija, 147–9
Taraba, Marinko, 148
Taylor, A. J. P., 13, 14–15
Tehran Conference (1943), 120–1
Tent Mountain see Šator, Mount
Theresienstadt, 281–3
Thomas, Edward, 10
Tito, Marshal: rise to power and regime, 28, 114–22, 134–6; and hunting, 32, 126–7; mausoleum, 253
Tokmić, Kemal, 110–12, 113–15
tombstones, 222
Torrund, Jassy, 199
Travnik, 97, 142
Trotsky, Leon, 25, 191
Turkey, 14, 188; see also Ottoman Empire
Tuzla: author visits, 212; and Bosnian War, 219, 233; Franz Ferdinand conspirators rendezvous at, 256, 257; GP at school in, 26, 179
Udrč, Mount, 219, 228
UN: peacekeeping in Bosnian War, 108–9, 155, 214–15, 217, 218
Union or Death see Black Hand
USA, 12
Ustaše, 125, 139
Varešanin, General Marijan, 199–201
Vienna, 50, 83, 288–9
Višegrad, 51
Vitez, 106, 145–9, 150–1
Vrbas River, 129, 133, 135
Vuk, Vojvoda (Vojin Popović), 246, 247
Vukosava (GP’s love interest), 193–4
walking sticks, 75–6
Waugh, Evelyn, 62
Weber, Max, 13
Wells, Fred, 5
West, Rebecca, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: on Bosnian minarets, 128; on Drina River area, 211; on Herzegovina, 73–4; on Jajce, 135; overview, 29–30; on Sarajevo, 167, 169–70, 205
Whetherly, Robin, 125
wolves, 32, 64, 75, 101
World War I see First World War
World War II see Second World War
Young Bosnia (Mlada Bosna), 18–19, 188–92, 198–201, 250, 274, 279
Young Turks, 188
Yugoslavia: under communism and Tito, 28, 114–16, 135–6; establishment, xx; etymology, 248; and GP’s aims, 247–50, 280–1; in Second World War, 115–25; West’s travels in, 29–30, 73–4, 128, 135, 167, 169–70, 205, 211; see also individual countries by name
zadruga system, 63, 105
Zagreb, 191
Zaim (checkpoint attendant), 95–6, 98
Zaimović, Haris, 174
Žerajić, Bogdan, 200–2, 270, 296
Table of Contents
Cover
Half Title
By The Same Author
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Maps
Note On Pronunciation
Prologue
Chapter 1 Fresh Flotsam
Chapter 2 A Troublesome Teenager
Chapter 3 The Wild West
Chapter 4 Over Tent Mountain
Chapter 5 Fishing in a Minefield
Chapter 6 Rocking Bosnia
Chapter 7 The Fall of Gabriel
Chapter 8 Fin-de-siècle Chat Rooms
Chapter 9 A Mystical Journey
Chapter 10 Arming the Trigger
Chapter 11 An Assassin’s Luck
Chapter 12 More Than One Shadow
List of Illustrations
Notes and Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
Tim Butcher, The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War
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