On Saturday 15th August, 1998, a massive bomb placed by the so-called Real IRA ripped through the town of Omagh, killing twenty-nine people, including eleven children, and injuring over two hundred. It was the worst massacre in Northern Ireland's modern history- yet from it came a most extraordinary tale of human resilience, as the families of ten of the dead channelled their grief into action.Taking for their motto, 'For evil to triumph, all that is necessary is for good men to do nothing', they decided to pursue the men whom the police believed responsible for the atrocity through the civil courts, where the burden of proof is lower. This is the remarkable account of how these families- who had no knowledge of the law and no money- became internationally recognised, formiddable campaigners and surmounted countless daunting obstacles to win a famous victory.Longlisted for the Orwell Prize 2010
Vorwort
A remarkable human, political and legal story: an insider's account of the landmark attempt to bring the Omagh bombers to justice.
Autorentext
Vorwort
A remarkable human, political and legal story: an insider's account of the landmark attempt to bring the Omagh bombers to justice.
Autorentext
Ruth Dudley Edwards is an historian, journalist and crime writer. Her non-fiction includes Victor Gollancz: a Biography (winner of the James Tate Black Memorial Prize), The Pursuit of Reason: The Economist, 1843-1993, and, most recently, Newspapermen; her nine crime novels are satires on the British Establishment.
Titel
Aftermath
Untertitel
The Omagh Bombing and the Families' Pursuit of Justice
Autor
EAN
9781446485781
ISBN
978-1-4464-8578-1
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Genre
Veröffentlichung
30.09.2013
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
2.86 MB
Anzahl Seiten
400
Jahr
2013
Untertitel
Englisch
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