Belfast, A Novel of the Troubles - Hardcover

Clark, Douglas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1589396294 ISBN 13: 9781589396296

Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

The Republic of Ireland came into being in 1921, at the end of a bloody insurrection against the British. However, the treaty left the northern six counties under British sovereignty. Since that time, the Protestant majority has dominated the poorer Catholic populace with support from the British Army. In 1972, British troops fired on demonstrators, launching more than twenty-five years of sectarian violence and terror from both sides. Mason Devereux, an American freelance photojournalist, is drawn into doing a project on the violence while visiting Northern Ireland. Devereux makes contact with the Irish Republican Army. The I.R.A. is interested in publicity showing Protestant paramilitaries' violence against Catholics. A deal is struck and Devereux is given access to extraordinary photo opportunities. Devereux accepts the I.R.A.'s assistance, but finds his own way to get incriminating photographs of the I.R.A's own violence. On the verge of a negotiated end of the violence with the British government, a renegade faction of the Irish Republican Army, lead by seventies legendary gunman Michael Flynn, derails that movement toward peace. Flynn and Devereux cross paths in a sequence of violent events that continues the tragedy of Northern Ireland's Troubles.

About this title

About the Author:

Douglas Clark is Professor of Biblical Studies and Archaeology in the School of Theology at Walla Walla College, WA. Victor Matthews is Associate Dean in the Department of Humanities and Public Affairs at Southwest Missouri State University

About this edition

• Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1589396294
• ISBN 13: 9781589396296
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 316