A Belfast child : my true story of life and death in the troubles
Chambers, John, 1966-2020
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John Chambers was brought up on Belfast's notorious Loyalist Glencairn estate, during the height of the Troubles. From an early age he witnessed violence, hatred and horror as Northern Ireland tore itself apart in civil strife. Kneecapping, brutal murders, and even public tarring-and-feathering were simply a fact of life for the children on the estate. He thought he knew which side he was on, but although raised as a Loyalist, he was hiding a troubling secret: that his disappeared mother - whom he'd always been told was dead - was a Roman Catholic, 'the enemy'.
Main title:
A Belfast child : my true story of life and death in the troubles / John Chambers.
Author:
Chambers, John, 1966-, author
Imprint:
London : John Blake, 2020.
Collation:
xxii, 281 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781789462746 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.670824092941.6708920 CHA920CHA920.
LC class:
DA990.U452
Local class:
B/CHA941.6708
Language:
English
Subject:
Chambers, John -- Childhood and youthChambers, John, 1966- -- Childhood and youthBelfast (Northern Ireland) -- BiographyProtestants -- Northern Ireland -- BiographyChristianity and politics -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th centuryNorthern Ireland -- History -- 1968-1998Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1968-1998Biography
BRN:
2635237