Description: Bandit Country by Toby Harnden *ULTRA RARE* Hardback, Signed By The Author. Belfast Books are the world’s leading experts on Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ books. Why? Because we are based in North Belfast where a lot of the political and religious violence took place and also because we have been raised in the sectarian cauldron of one of the most polarised areas of Northern Ireland throughout the entirety of the ‘Troubles’. We know our stuff because we’ve lived it. This book is by far the best condition we’ve ever seen for either a paperback or hardback copy of Bandit Country, itself one of the most important ‘Troubles’ books written to date. The paperback first edition and revised versions sell for fluctuating prices up to £115, but booksellers can go their whole careers without seeing a hardback copy, never mind a signed hardback copy. The hardback was a military book club edition, as the book was only released as a paperback and trade paperback, never in hardback outside of the book club edition, which was on a severely restricted circulation. To put things in perspective, we’ve seen less than 5 copies of the hardback in over 8 years of running our bookshop, and that’s even when trying to seek the book out across the world. We’ve done that work, so you don’t have to. This book is for a serious collector of war or terrorism books, so if you’re a serious collector you won’t baulk at the price and realise this for what it is; the ability to own an extremely rare signed book that is held in the highest regard for the professionalism of its author and his forensic research methodology and engaging style. For us, it’s a no brainer. Here’s what the book is about… “To the army, South Armagh is 'Bandit Country', 200 square miles of the most dangerous and hostile terrain in Northern Ireland which has claimed the lives of 115 soldiers since 1969. To republicans, it is 'God's Country', the only area in the six counties where the occupiers have successfully been resisted. Toby Harnden has interviewed members of the army, MI5 and the RUC as well as members of the IRA and prominent republican families to form a detailed and picture of the delicate balance of tensions in the area and explores how geographically and politically important South Armagh is to the present insecure cease-fire. Through taking one area of Northern Ireland, Toby Harnden throws the whole province into stark relief.”
Price: 369 GBP
Location: Belfast
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Type: Non Fiction Book
Publication Name: Bandit Country
Author: Toby Harnden
Features: Signed
