LOST LIVES: The Stories of the Men, Women, and Children Who Died As a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles by David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney and Chris Thornton

Description

Title

LOST LIVES: The Stories of the Men, Women, and Children Who Died As a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles

Author

David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney and Chris Thornton

Publisher

Mainstream Publishing Company, Edinburgh and London

Publication year

1999

Condition

Fine

Dust jacket

Fine

Binding

Hardcover

Language

English

ISBN 10

184018227X

ISBN 13

9781840182279

Edition

1st Edition

Printing

1st Printing.  Fine Hardcover with fine dust jacket now protected in removable cover. This is the story of the Northern Ireland troubles told as never before. It is not concerned with the political bickering, but with the lives of those who have suffered and the deaths which have resulted from more than three decades of conflict. Over a seven-year period, the authors examined every death which was directly caused by the troubles. Their research involved interviewing witnesses, scouring published material, and drawing on a range of investigative sources to produce this study. They trace the origin of the conflict to the firing of the first shots, through the carnage of the 1970’s and 1980’s and up to the republican and loyalist ceasefires and beyond. All the casualties are remembered here, the RUC officer, the young soldier, the IRA volunteer, the loyalist paramilitary, the Catholic mother, the Protestant worker and the new-born baby. This book is a superb achievement of research and investigative journalism. This is a fine scarce first edition. Now a rare collector’s item.