May the Lord in His Mercy be Kind to Belfast by Tony Parker

May the Lord in His Mercy be Kind to Belfast by Tony Parker

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The author interviews a wide range of people, with the purpose of producing an authoritative and controversial volume on the past 20 years' troubles in Northern Ireland. Tony Parker is the author of "Life after Life: Interviews with 12 Murderers", also "Lighthouse" and "Soldier, Soldier."

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May the Lord in His Mercy be Kind to Belfast by Tony Parker

At last, after twenty years, Tony Parker - one of the world's most brilliant interviewers - has found his subject: Northern Ireland. He has interviewed a huge range of people - terrorists, police, the army, politicians, housewives, priests - and he has produced a devastating and deeply controversial book. As Father Brown says, the Irish 'never exploited you, or oppressed you. There's no single instance in history of us having invaded you: nor come to that of doing it to any other country in Europe, so far as I'm aware. But what have you done to us? Not only what we've never done to you, but much worse than you've ever had done to you by anyone else. Massacres, transportations, gaoling, starvation, driving us off our lands, dividing them up in parcels and giving them as presents and rewards to your ruling nobles and men at court. The history of the British in Ireland over hundred of years is beyond description it is, indeed it's almost beyond belief. It's an appalling story'.
Tony Parker was born in Manchester in 1923. he has written many books, the most recent of which was Russian Voices. He lives with his wife in Suffolk.
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ISBN 13 9780224033121
ISBN 10 0224033123
Title May the Lord in His Mercy be Kind to Belfast
Author Tony Parker
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1993-05-20
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.