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) Bart Lytton, Hangman's Village (1943?) – topical novel about Reinhard Heydrich 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 Ben Abro, Assassination! July 14 (1963) – novel about a plot to kill Charles de Gaulle; possibly a basis for The Day of the Jackal 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; Vassilis Vassilikos, Z (1967) – political novel about an opposition politician (Gregoris Lambrakis) Mario Puzo, The Godfather (1969) Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal (1971) – suspense novel about Charles de