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

 


 

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