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Author: Peter Taylor
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.267kg
ISBN: 9780747545194
ISBN 10: 0747545197
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 17 January 2000
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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PRAISE FOR PETER TAYLOR: Peter Taylor should be ranked alongside David Attenborough in any panoply of TV grandees … To report on the region since 1972 and have all sides still talking to you with trust and respect is quite an achievement. As perhaps is the fact that he is still breathing * The Times * Taylor has built a justified reputation as by far the most knowledgeable British – or Irish – television reporter on Northern Irish affairs * Irish Times * A reporter who can face human horror and help us comprehend it * Radio Times *
PRAISE FOR PETER TAYLOR: Peter Taylor should be ranked alongside David Attenborough in any panoply of TV grandees ... To report on the region since 1972 and have all sides still talking to you with trust and respect is quite an achievement. As perhaps is the fact that he is still breathing * The Times * Taylor has built a justified reputation as by far the most knowledgeable British - or Irish - television reporter on Northern Irish affairs * Irish Times * A reporter who can face human horror and help us comprehend it * Radio Times *
Based on a series of frank interviews with both the paramilitary leaders who lead loyalist strategy and the gunmen who carried out the bombing. There are also interviews with loyalist and unionist politicians who operated centre-stage, with an account of the violence of the paramilitaries. (Kirkus UK)
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Author Website: http://www.bloomsbury.com/Authors/details.aspx?tpid=766
Peter Taylor is acknowledged to be one of the BBC’s most distinguished and respected journalists, best known for his coverage of the Irish conflict and political violence over the past 50 years. He has won many awards for his work including Journalist of the Year, the James Cameron Award and Lifetime Achievement Awards from both BAFTA and the Royal Television Society. He was also presented with an OBE and an Honorary Doctorate in Peace and Security Studies from Bradford University. Peter has written nine books, eight of them related to Northern Ireland, terrorism and political violence. Operation Chiffon serves as the final volume in his landmark quartet of the 50-year conflict in Ireland.
