{"product_id":"heiress-rebel-vigilante-bomber-the-extraordinary-life-of-rose-dugdale-paperback","title":"Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber: The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSean O'Driscoll\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon estate. She was presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace as a debutante in 1958. She trained at Oxford as an academic economist and had a love affair with a female professor (who was on the rebound from Iris Murdoch). At thirty, she commenced giving her inheritance away to the poor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn 1972, the deadliest year of the Northern Irish Troubles, she traveled to Ireland and joined the IRA.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sean 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean O'Driscoll\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and attorney based in Dublin. He 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\u003e Irish 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764998930720,"sku":"9781844885565","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ee52143d6f1c1534f4f9c07a90792894.webp?v=1780259955","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/heiress-rebel-vigilante-bomber-the-extraordinary-life-of-rose-dugdale-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}