{"product_id":"9781844885565","title":"Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber : The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  O'Driscoll, Sean \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eNorthern Ireland\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 February 2023 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 197 x 29 | 270g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Fascinating . . . O'Driscoll's research is impressive' Ben Macintyre, The TimesThe story behind the hit movie Baltimore, starring Imogen Poots. The astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace as a debutante in 1958.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt thirty, she commenced giving her inheritance away to the poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, the deadliest year of the Northern Irish Troubles, she travelled to Ireland and joined the IRA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSean O'Driscoll's Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber 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. Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber is both the page-turning biography of a remarkable woman and a groundbreaking account of the inner workings of a terrorist organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It would be hard to overstate how good this book is . . . a fantastic read' Sunday Independent'Superb . . . an even-handed and thrilling gallop through [Dugdale's] improbable life' Daily Telegraph'Possibly the most extraordinary book you'll read this year' Irish Examiner'Jaw-dropping' Joe Duffy'Well-researched' Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41127495008391,"sku":"9781844885565","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781844885565.jpg?v=1711559235","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.live\/products\/9781844885565","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}