{"product_id":"four-killings","title":"Four Killings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of a single family during the Irish Revolution, \u003ci\u003eFour Killings\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about political murder, and the powerful hunger for land and the savagery it can unleash. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A vivid and chilling narrative... Confronts uncomfortable questions that still need answering'' \u003cb\u003eRoy Foster\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Marries acute storytelling skills with scholarship, fortified throughout by the author''s wry sense of humour'' \u003cb\u003eMichael Heney\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Narrative history, told through a unique prism'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Sunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Dungan knows his history; he also knows how to tell a story... A gem of a book'' \u003cb\u003eRTÉ Culture\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Sober and intelligent... Dungan does a fine job of showing that little people can make history too'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBusiness Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyles Dungan''s family was involved in four violent deaths between 1915 and 1922. Jack Clinton, an immigrant small farmer from County Meath, was murdered in the remote and lawless Arizona territory by a powerful rancher''s hired assassin; three more died in Ireland, and each death is compellingly reconstructed in this extraordinary book. What unites these deaths is the violence that engulfed Ireland during the war of independence, but also the passions unleashed by arguments over the ownership of the soil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn focusing on one family, \u003ci\u003eFour Killings\u003c\/i\u003e offers an original perspective on this still controversial period: a prism through which the moral and personal costs of violence, and the elemental conflict over land, come alive in surprising ways.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315178742142,"sku":"NW9781800244856","price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781800244856.jpg?v=1778715225","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/four-killings","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}