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Published by -, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007242131ISBN 13: 9780007242139
Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. My Father's Watch: The Story of a Child Prisoner in 70s Britain This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.
Published by HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007242131ISBN 13: 9780007242139
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The intensely moving memoir of Patrick Maguire, one of the 'Maguire Seven' wrongly imprisoned as a teenager for making bombs for the IRA. On the night of October 5 1974, an IRA unit left bombs in two Guildford pubs: five people were killed. On the night of December 3 1974, on the strength of fabricated testimony extracted under duress from Paul Hill and Gerard Conlon (whom the police mistakenly believed had planted the Guildford bombs), Anne and Paddy Maguire, two of their four children, Vincent and Patrick, plus other family members and friends, a total of seven in all, were arrested at their home in West London. On 22 October 1975 the Guildford Four were wrongfully convicted of bombing the two pubs in Guildford. On the 4 March 1976 the Maguire Seven, as they had become known, were found guilty of possession of the nitro-glycerine used in those bombings. On 19 October 1989 the verdicts on the Guildford Four were quashed. On 26 June 1991 the convictions against the Maguire Seven of handling explosives were quashed and just over a year later, Sir John May, after producing a report on the Maguire Seven case, described it as the worst miscarriage of justice he had ever seen.Behind these dates lie human stories -- 'My Father's Watch' tells that of Patrick, who was the youngest of the accused, at fourteen years old. He was sentenced to four years and when he came out he had no home and no family, as both parents were still in jail. This book takes us through Patrick's entire life, from his working-class childhood in West London to the difficult life he has led since prison, the roots of which go back to the wrongful convictions and the destruction of the family that followed. Patrick Maguire and the novelist Carlo Gebler have written 'My Father's Watch' jointly. It is not a ghosted work -- told in Patrick's own voice, it is a lucid and inspiring account of one individual's experience of an appalling injustice, as well as a reminder, as the war against terror ratchets up, of just how much harm a state can do to its own innocent citizens in the name of security. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Fourth Estate, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007242131ISBN 13: 9780007242139
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
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Condition: VeryGood. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Published by Fourth Estate, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007242131ISBN 13: 9780007242139
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A few small stains. A tan to the pages.
Published by - -, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007242131ISBN 13: 9780007242139
Seller: Bahamut Media, Reading, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.
Published by HarperCollins, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007242131ISBN 13: 9780007242139
Seller: Bookbot, Prague, Czech Republic
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Condition: Fair. Aus Bibliothek aussortiert. Englisch.
Published by Fourth Estate, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007242131ISBN 13: 9780007242139
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
Published by Fourth Estate, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007242131ISBN 13: 9780007242139
Seller: The Book Spot, Sioux Falls, SD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: New.