My TraitorMy Traitor tells the story of Antoine, an idealistic young French violin maker, who takes a train from Dublin to Belfast in 1977 and is propelled into the heart of the Falls Road and the Republican movement, and Irelands music, suffering and beauty. He meets Tyrone Meehan, a charismatic. high ranking member of the IRA, who becomes his friend and mentor, and a symbol of the Irish struggle. As he increasingly identifies with his newfound home, Antoine

her government was making a substantial offer to the prisoners

up until the transfer of power to Michael Collins and the government of the Irish Free State in 1922: ‘No trumpets

In this compelling memoir

I seriously believe that you will retard the course of civilisation in Ireland by preventing the Irish people from having one good look at themselves in my nicely polished looking glass

He was head of Research and Audit in 1961

scriptwriter and historian

editor Thomas Bartlett has restored passages suppressed – for reasons of primness and prudence – by the Tone family

He has also instigated and co-organized several international Joyce Symposia

They reveal a man with an explosive temper whose detractors envied his success

— Lucy McDiarmid

This fascinating

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