{"product_id":"heiress-rebel-vigilante-bomber","title":"Heiress Rebel Vigilante Bomber By Odriscoll, Sean","description":"''Fascinating . . . O''Driscoll''s research is impressive'' \u003cb\u003eBen Macintyre, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_____\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story behind the hit movie \u003ci\u003eBaltimore\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Imogen Poots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon estate.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe was presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace as a debutante in 1958.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe trained at Oxford as an academic economist and had a love affair with a female professor (who was on the rebound from Iris Murdoch).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt thirty, she commenced giving her inheritance away to the poor.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn 1972, the deadliest year of the Northern Irish Troubles, she travelled to Ireland and joined the IRA.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSean O''Driscoll''s \u003ci\u003eHeiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber\u003c\/i\u003e tells the astonishing story of Rose Dugdale, who went on to become a committed terrorist, participating in a major art heist and a bombing raid on a police and army barracks; who kept a pregnancy secret for nine months in prison and gave birth there; and who ended up at the heart of the IRA''s bomb-making operation during its deadly final spasms in the 1990s. \u003ci\u003eHeiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber\u003c\/i\u003e is both the page-turning biography of a remarkable woman and a groundbreaking account of the inner workings of a terrorist organization.\u003cbr\u003e_____\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''It would be hard to overstate how good this book is . . . a fantastic read''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Superb . . . an even-handed and thrilling gallop through [Dugdale''s] improbable life'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Excellent'' \u003c\/b\u003eMichael McDowell, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Possibly the most extraordinary book you''ll read this year'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Jaw-dropping'' \u003c\/b\u003eJoe Duffy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Well-researched'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57570593866110,"sku":"NW9781844885565","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781844885565.jpg?v=1783126452","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/heiress-rebel-vigilante-bomber","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}