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George McMahon: Fascist Assassin or British Spy?

Mystery surrounds George McMahon who, having tried to assassinate Edward VIII, outed himself as an agent of a ‘foreign power’. Does the discovery of new Italian documents solve the puzzle or obscure it further?

Alfio Bernabei | Published in History Today Volume 73 Issue 9 September 2023

George McMahon under arrest after pulling a loaded revolver on Edward VIII, Constitution Hill, London, 16 July 1936. John Frost Newspapers/Alamy Stock Photo
George McMahon under arrest after pulling a loaded revolver on Edward VIII, Constitution Hill, London, 16 July 1936. John Frost Newspapers/Alamy Stock Photo.

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