{"product_id":"heiress-rebel-vigilante-bomber-the-extraordinary-life-of-rose-dugdale-9781844885565","title":"Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber: The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale","description":"'Fascinating . . . O'Driscoll's research is impressive' \u003cb\u003eBen Macintyre, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_____ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story behind the hit movie \u003ci\u003eBaltimore\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Imogen Poots. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRA.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon estate.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe was presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace as a debutante in 1958.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\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\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt thirty, she commenced giving her inheritance away to the poor.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn 1972, the deadliest year of the Northern Irish Troubles, she travelled to Ireland and joined the IRA.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSean O'Driscoll's \u003ci\u003eHeiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eHeiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber\u003c\/i\u003e is both the page-turning biography of a remarkable woman and a groundbreaking account of the inner workings of a terrorist organization.\u003cbr\u003e_____ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It would be hard to overstate how good this book is . . . a fantastic read'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Superb . . . an even-handed and thrilling gallop through [Dugdale's] improbable life' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Excellent' \u003c\/b\u003eMichael McDowell, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Possibly the most extraordinary book you'll read this year' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jaw-dropping' \u003c\/b\u003eJoe Duffy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Well-researched' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSean O'Driscoll is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental Spy\u003c\/i\u003e, the bestselling true story of an American trucker who became an FBI spy within the IRA. His investigative journalism has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He previously worked as an immigration and criminal lawyer in New York and now works as a news editor at the \u003ci\u003eIrish Daily Mail.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50643056722194,"sku":"9781844885565","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2e63d350-d90a-46e4-910f-f37a96b00254.jpg?v=1733077676","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/heiress-rebel-vigilante-bomber-the-extraordinary-life-of-rose-dugdale-9781844885565","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}