Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44052 in Books
• Published on: 1987-05-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Customer Reviews

A really first rate book
Outside of anything eamonn mccann has written this is one of the best books on the troubles.

It's written on the inside track and it's really, really good - well researched, insightful, truthful and candid, it doesn't try to rewrite history or glamourise things and it's beautifully written.

It was very obviously written with extensive co-operation from the guys who were in long kesh when this went down and it has an authenticity and a palpable atmosphere very few other books on the troubles will hope to achieve.

Beresford was able to access the messages smuggled between the POW's and 'Brownie' the contact with the republican leadership on the outside... and the messages are interspersed throughout the book and contrasted against events providing an illuminating, utterly compelling and rarely seen glimpse not just into to unfolding of the events in the kesh during the hunger strike but into the republican psyche.

A fitting tribute to the hunger strikers and a highly recommended book for anyone intrested the 6 counties - whatever political cloth their coat may be cut from.

Oh yes - and remarkably the author is english.

A Must Read
Being 11 and living through the troubles we had a lot of upheaval around this time. My Dad was in the british Army and my mum was UDR. I didn't quite understand what was going on at the time and at the age of 17 I read this. I didn't agree with what they were doing and I didn't understand why but after reading this it all became clear. A facinating insight into the goings on of Long Kesh and the hungerstrikers

Fantastic insight into the life of POW's
From start to finish i find this book a highly interesting read especially as i knew some of the POW's held in horific conditions. These brave men who fought to end the British rule in our country did not fear to take on the might of the British government and especially Maggie Thatcher PM. The bravery these young men showed in the face of death was insurmountable! I was especially inspired by the young man Raymond Mc Creesh who was totally dedicated to the Republican cause.