On Christmas Eve morning in 1933, the spiritual leader of
Armenians in America, Archbishop Ghevont Tourian, is stabbed to
death as he begins Sunday services. His infamous murder in a
little New York City church is witnessed by hundreds of
parishioners. The next day, this story is splashed on the front page
of every major newspaper -- and no wonder. Not since the
assassination of Thomas Becket has such a high religious leader
been slain in a house of worship.
This gruesome homicide shatters the Armenian community and
confounds the cops. Was it a terrorist attack to silence a political
adversary, a KGB plot to discredit anti-communists in America, or
simply a tragic turn in an ancient, bitter dispute?
Journalist Terry Phillips reveals new details including previously
unpublished facts and photographs in this historical novel
dramatizing the events.
