$42.61
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
18 April 2024
Summary
Branded as ‘Bandit Country’ by the British government, South Armagh was the heartland of the Provisional IRA. It was the rebel Irish stronghold where Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy reigned supreme, bomb attacks on England were planned and the SAS tracked the IRA snipers who hunted British soldiers.
In this acclaimed and remarkable book – originally published in 1999 – Toby Harnden, winner of the Orwell Prize, brings to bear his skills as a fearless journalist, inspired investigator and gifted h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785908415 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1785908413 |
| Author: | Toby Harnden |
| Publisher: | Biteback Publishing |
| Imprint: | Biteback Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 18 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 434g |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 128mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
“Masterful … A triumph … Should be compulsory reading.” –Irish Times
“A formidable achievement … Essential reading for anyone with a mind capable of changing.” –Sunday Business Post
“Courageous … compulsive … goes inside the most impenetrable and deadly of the IRA Brigades.”–Peter Taylor, The Guardian
“The definitive history.”–Sunday Express
“Compelling and minutely researched.”–Irish Examiner
“Fascinating and unrelenting.” –Fortnight magazine
“The definitive account of the IRA’s South Armagh Brigade.” –Mail on Sunday
Toby Harnden
Toby Harnden is a dual British and American citizen. A former foreign correspondent for the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph who has reported from thirty-three countries, he specialises in terrorism and war. His bestseller Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards and the Defining Story of Britain’s War in Afghanistan (Quercus, 2011) was winner of the 2012 Orwell Prize. His most recent book is First Casualty (Little Brown, 2021). His acclaimed Bandit Country was originally published in 1999.
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