Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the era of assassination - Lisa Traynor

Could the event that triggered the 'war to end all wars' have been prevented? The shot that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and directly led to the outbreak of the First World War is known as the 'shot heard around the world'. Far less widely known is the fact that the Archduke likely owned, but on that fateful day did not wear, a bulletproof vest manufactured by Polish priest-turned-inventor Casimir Zeglen. Using a reconstructed bulletproof vest and a Royal Armouries Browning Model 1910pistol identical to that used by the Archduke's assassin, Lisa Traynor poses the haunting question: had Franz Ferdinand been wearing body armour on the day of his assassination, would it havesaved his life?