Description
| Product ID: | 9781844885565 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber |
| Subtitle: | The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale |
| Authors: | Author: Sean O'Driscoll |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, True war and combat stories, European history, History, National liberation and independence, Terrorism, armed struggle, Terrorism, armed struggle, Revolutionary groups and movements, True war & combat stories, British & Irish history, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Political assassinations, Terrorist attack, Revolutionary groups & movements, Northern Ireland, Ireland, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 'Fascinating . . . O'Driscoll's research is impressive' Ben Macintyre, The Times_____The story behind the hit movie Baltimore, starring Imogen Poots. The astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRA. She grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon estate. She was presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace as a debutante in 1958. She trained at Oxford as an academic economist and had a love affair with a female professor (who was on the rebound from Iris Murdoch). At thirty, she commenced giving her inheritance away to the poor. In 1972, the deadliest year of the Northern Irish Troubles, she travelled to Ireland and joined the IRA. Sean O'Driscoll's Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber tells the astonishing story of Rose Dugdale, who went on to become a committed terrorist, participating in a major art heist and a bombing raid on a police and army barracks; who kept a pregnancy secret for nine months in prison and gave birth there; and who ended up at the heart of the IRA's bomb-making operation during its deadly final spasms in the 1990s. Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber is both the page-turning biography of a remarkable woman and a groundbreaking account of the inner workings of a terrorist organization. _____'It would be hard to overstate how good this book is . . . a fantastic read' Sunday Independent'Superb . . . an even-handed and thrilling gallop through [Dugdale's] improbable life' Daily Telegraph'Excellent' Michael McDowell, Irish Times'Possibly the most extraordinary book you'll read this year' Irish Examiner'Jaw-dropping' Joe Duffy'Well-researched' Irish Times ''Fascinating . . . O''Driscoll''s research is impressive'' Ben Macintyre, The Times |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-02-02 |