The Kidnapping
A hostage, a desperate manhunt and a bloody rescue that shocked Ireland
$36.96
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2024
Summary
The sensational true story of one of Ireland’s most dramatic abductions
November 1983. As top supermarket executive Don Tidey sets out on the school run, he is snatched from his car and driven away at speed. The IRA, using kidnapping to fund its armed campaign, has its latest victim.
What follows is a massive manhunt and, twenty-three days later, a chaotic rescue in a Leitrim wood. No one emerges unscathed - not the man at the centre of the drama, not the local community, not …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405959018 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1405959010 |
| Author: | Tommy Conlon, Ronan McGreevy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 276g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 26mm |
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Vivid … [shows] a deep understanding … insightful and emotional * Sunday Independent *
An important reminder of our imperfect, contentious past * Irish Times *
A fascinating read * Northern Sound Radio *
About The Author
Tommy Conlon
Tommy Conlon
Tommy Conlon is a sportswriter with the Sunday Independent. He has co-authored books with some of Ireland’s most successful sportsmen, including Ronnie Whelan, John ‘Bull’ Hayes, and Keith Earls, whose autobiography won the Sports Book of the Year at the 2021 An Post Irish Book Awards. He is a native of Ballinamore, Co Leitrim.
Ronan McGreevy
Ronan McGreevy is an Irish Times journalist and videographer. He is the author of Wherever the Firing Line Extends- Ireland and the Western Front and editor of Centenary- Ireland Remembers 1916. His latest book Great Hatred- The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP was the Sunday Business Post history book of the year. He is a native of Co Leitrim.
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