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Assassinations have formed a major plot element in various works of fiction. This article provides a list of fictional stories in which assassination features as an important plot element. Passing mentions are omitted. Assassination can be regarded as the murder of a prominent person for a motive which is broadly public and political rather than merely personal or financial. Assassinations in fiction have attracted scholarly attention. In Assassinations and Murder in Modern Italy: Transformations in Society and Culture, as well as analyzing Italian assassinations in their historical and cultural contexts, Stephen Gundle and Lucia Rinaldi explore the films, plays, other works of fiction, and art that the act of assassination has inspired. Nick Cullather has discussed "The Movie Version" of John F. Kennedy's assassination. This list prefers to highlight less familiar cultural artifacts, while trying not to itemize every Ian Fleming or Agatha Christie title, or every Mafia film. The historical–historically based or historically inspired–takes precedence over the purely fictional and sensational. Epic poems Judith (c. 800) – Old English, based on the Book of Judith (c. 100 B.C.) Das Nibelungenlied (c. 1200) – German Marko Marulić, Judita (1521) – Croatian Novels Alexandre Dumas, père, The Black Tulip (1850) – historical novel which features the assassination of Johan and Cornelis de Witt Bolesław Prus, Pharaoh (1895) Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis: A Tale of the Time of Nero (1895) – historical novel about SS. Peter and Paul, Pisonian conspirators and Empress Poppaea, Emperor Nero Anthony Hope, Rupert of Hentzau (1898) – adventure novel and sombre finale to The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) J. M. Barrie, Better Dead (18??) – novella about a plot against Lord Randolph Churchill Jack London, The Iron Heel (1908) – violent dystopian novel Jack London, The Assassination Bureau, Ltd (c. 1910, published 1963) – novel half-written by London, completed by Robert L. Fish, possibly influenced by the J. M. Barrie novella, Better Dead. Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes (1911) Baroness Orczy, The Laughing Cavalier (1913) – historical novel about Maurice of Nassau John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) – suspense novel; just the 1978 movie version features the attempted assassination of a fictional Greek Prime Minister André Malraux, Man's Fate (1933) – existential political novel Robert Graves, I, Claudius (1934), Claudius the God (1935) – historical novels about Roman Emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero John Steinbeck, In Dubious Battle (1936) – social realist novel about a Communist labour organizer supporting a strike by fruit pickers Sax Rohmer, President Fu Manchu (1936) Geoffrey Household, Rogue Male (1939) Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon (1940) – political novel about "Nikolai Rubashov" (Nikolai Bukharin, et al.) Robert A. Heinlein, "If This Goes On—" (serialized in 1940, published in the 1953 compilation Revolt in 2100) Pär Lagerkvist, The Dwarf (1944) Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men (1946) – political novel about a Southern governor (Huey Long) Samuel Shellabarger, Prince of Foxes (1947) – historical novel about Cesare Borgia Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951) – historical novel about the Princes in the Tower Ian Fleming, James Bond series (1953–1966) – spy novel series featuring a licensed to kill protagonist who is described as having carried out assassinations, but rarely actually does so in the books themselves From Russia, With Love (1957) – references Andrés Nin Philip K. Dick, Solar Lottery (1955) – science fiction novel with assassination as political system Graham Greene, The Quiet American (1955) Richard Condon, The Manchurian Candidate (1959) Elie Wiesel, Dawn (1961) Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) – science fiction novel about a Messianic character Emeric Pressburger, Killing a Mouse on Sunday (1961) – filmed as Behold a Pale Horse Manuel Mujica Laínez, Bomarzo (1962) – historical novel about Pier Francesco Orsini Nick Carter (various authors), Run, Spy, Run (1964) – spy thriller featuring a foiled plot to kill President John F. Kennedy in September 1963; Temple of Fear (1968) – featuring a plot to assassinate Emperor Hirohito of Japan; Assault on England (1972) – spy thriller featuring multiple assassination attempts on the British cabinet, including Chancellor of the Exchequer, Minister of Defence and Foreign Secretary (all successful) and Prime Minister (unsuccessful); Agent Counter-Agent (1973) – featuring a foiled plot to assassinate the Vice President of the United States and President of Venezuela Mario Puzo, The Godfather (1969) Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal (1971) – suspense novel about Charles de Gaulle Loren Singer, The Parallax View (1972) Trevanian, The Eiger Sanction (1972) Michael Crichton (as John Lange), Binary (1972) – suspense novel about a U.S. President Trevanian, The Loo Sanction (1973) Richard Condon, Winter Kills (1974) Jack Higgins, The Eagle Has Landed (1975) – war novel about a plot by Himmler to capture Churchill Sjöwall and Wahlöö, The Terrorists (1975) – suspense novel about a Swedish Prime Minister (not Olof Palme) Trevanian, Shibumi (1979) Frederick Forsyth, The Devil's Alternative (1979) – complex novel involving a plot to start rebellion in Ukraine in which the KGB chief Yuri Ivanenko is murdered Stephen King, The Dead Zone (1979) Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Identity (1980) Mary Renault, Funeral Games (1981) – historical novel about Roxana, Alexander IV, and others Harry Mulisch, The Assault (1982) Alan Moore, V for Vendetta (1982–1988) – graphic novel featuring numerous assassinations of governmental and quasi-governmental officials by the eponymous character, V Jean Van Hamme (and William Vance), XIII (1984) – graphic novel about a U.S. President Tom Clancy, Patriot Games (1987) – suspense novel about the Prince and Princess of Wales Don DeLillo, Libra (1988) Frederick Forsyth, The Negotiator—complex novel, in which Simon Cormack, son of President of the United States John Cormack is kidnapped for ransom (which protagonist Quinn has to deliver) and is then murdered during his return Jack Higgins, The Eagle Has Flown (1991) – war novel about a plot by Himmler to assassinate Hitler, Rommel and Canaris John Grisham, The Pelican Brief (1992) – suspense novel which opens with the assassinations of two Supreme Court justices in one night Tom Clancy, Debt of Honor (1994) – war novel that ends with the bombing of the Capitol Building, wiping out the entire U.S. government except for the newly confirmed Vice President Frederick Forsyth, The Fist of God (1994) – factual novel about supergun designer Gerald Bull Nicholas Shakespeare, The Dancer Upstairs (1995) James Ellroy, American Tabloid (1995) – novel about John F. Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs invasion Tom Clancy, Executive Orders (1996) Vince Flynn, Term Limits (1997) Philip Kerr, The Shot (1999) Alternate tak.... Discover the David Baldacci Rainer Schumacher popular books. Find the top 100 most popular David Baldacci Rainer Schumacher books.