ENGLISH

On the Blanket: The H-Block Story

By Tim Pat Coogan

Book information

Publisher
Head of Zeus Ltd.
Year
2015
ISBN
9781784975401
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
517 kB (529576 bytes)
Pages
350\0
Time added
2023-05-29 02:06:08

Description

The H Block protest is one of the strangest and most controversial issues in the tragic history of Northern Ireland. Republican prisoners, convicted of grave crimes through special courts and ruthless interrogation procedures, campaigned for political status by refusing to wear prison clothes and daubing their cell with excrement. Were they properly convicted criminals, or martyrs to political injustice? In this masterpiece of investigative journalism, Coogan provides us with the only first-hand account of the protest. His investigation led deep into the social, cultural, and economic maze of Northern Ireland's history to give readers an unmatched analysis of a troubled place and its sorrowful history.

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