About the book: 2008 / The novel by the Hungarian writer Maria Fagias "Dance of the Assassins" is based on real historical facts - the overthrow of the Obrenovich dynasty, the murder of the last heir of this house, King Alexander and his wife, Queen Draga. The entire action of the book fits into one day, from May 28 to 29, 1903, old style, and the main event - in a couple of hours. How is history made? How do autocrats come to power? Who are they when they are not sitting in the reception hall and not dressed in purple? The author skillfully shifts the emphasis in such a way that Serbia at the beginning of the 20th century becomes a naturalistic setting of a certain era of a certain state, and against this bright and, in a sense, exotic background, real human - and even inhuman - dramas are played out.