Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber by Sean O'Driscoll tells the astonishing story of Rose Dugdale, the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRA. From a Chelsea mansion to a country estate in Devon, Rose made her debut to the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 1958. An academic economist with an educational background from Oxford, she was involved in a romantic relationship with a female instructor. In her thirties, she began donating her inheritance to the poor, and in 1972, the deadliest year of the Northern Ireland troubles, she traveled to Ireland and joined the IRA.
Dugdale participated in a major art theft and a bombing attack on a police and army barracks while keeping her pregnancy a secret for nine months in prison, where she gave birth. She found herself at the center of the IRA's bomb-making mission during the final phase of the bloody events of the 1990s. This biography offers a fascinating look into the unlikely life of a remarkable woman and the inner workings of the terrorist organization.
Reviews praise the book: "It would be hard to overstate how good this book is... a fantastic read" - Sunday Independent, "Outstanding" - Michael McDowell, Irish Times, "Possibly the most extraordinary book you’ll read this year" - Irish Examiner.
Pages: 368, Dimensions: 12.8x12.8cm
Manufacturer
- Author
- Sean O'Driscoll
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Language
- English
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 288
- Release Date
- 03/2023
- Type
- Biography
- Period
- Social Issues
- Attribute
- Artists
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781844885565
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