last 3 huh
ok a mills and boons book
nor meakly serve my time - lawrence mcgowan, brian campbell
before the dawn - gerry adams
ok so folks are wondering what the books are about and if there worth reading
ok mills and boons, i read about 5 - 10 a month, there not exactly high brow reading. i like to have a book on the go and these are good for days im likely to be very distracted and im a sap, i love a happy ending
nor meekly serve my time. its an irish republican book, it covers the long kesh prison protests by the IRA/INLA covers the times of the blanket protest, no wash protest and the two hunger strikes, the first one where the british government basically backed out when the prisoners who were told they had got the basis of thier 5 demands came off it to prevent sean mckenna from dying. the second strike with bobby sands as the first man on ended with 10 men dying on hunger strike. within 12 months they had the 5 demands minus the special catagory status they had previously had in the cages
before the dawn is gerry adams autobiography. covers his early life, his family moving to the murph, the civil rights demo's, the british armys disaterous deployment there, the 70's and having to protect republican areas that were coming under attack from the uda and the army. his time on the run after being declared a wanted man, his treatment when captured and being interned ( being locked up with out charge or trial ) his escapades in cage 11, his escape attempt and subsequent charge for trying to escape ( which ironically is the only charges he ever faced ) his release to be included in talks with the british, his role in the 1980/1981 hunger strikes and hia work with sinn fein in bringing the party to a policy of working for chamge within the political system insted of the abstention policy they had previously had
the alst two books are probebly not what people would want to read unless they have an interest in the republican history
( i used to live in belfast, northern ireland up the top of the falls road )
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