Thursday, September 15, 2011

The Bloody Red Hand: A Journey Through Truth. Myth And Terror In Northern Ireland - Derek Lundy

the bloody red hand: a journey through truth. myth and terror in northern ireland - derek lundy
the bloody red hand: a journey through truth. myth and terror in northern ireland - derek lundy

“A blend of meticulous research, storytelling, and memoir…. Balanced and suggestive, this book throbs with intelligence.”
The Vancouver Sun

“A hybrid work–mostly a history, but partly a memoir, and leavened throughout by return-to-my-roots travel writing…. The Bloody Red Hand is a brilliantly conceived and wonderfully executed look at Irish history. And Lundy’s ploy of using his family as an entrйe to that history gives the book a kick and immediacy that makes it a joy to read.”
Winnipeg Free Press

“George Bernard Shaw dismissed Northern Ireland as … ‘an autonomous political lunatic asylum’.” In The Bloody Red Hand, B.C. author Derek Lundy cites Shaw’s observations as he brilliantly dissects the root of the Troubles. [He] makes inventive and clever use of personal ancestral lore in crafting an engaging take on 300 years of bloody history…. A solid history with a memoirist twist that puts an engaging human face on what might otherwise seem dry and familiar.”
Toronto Star (lead review, Sunday February 19)

“Lundy probes and questions … the ambiguous corners of accepted history, while tapping into and explaining deep-rooted sectarian hatred and rage and fear.”
Globe and Mail

Praise for The Way of a Ship:

• A Globe 100 Best Book of the Year

“An exceptionally rich and satisfying weave. Hoisting sail aboard his ship Beara Head in 1885, Lundy sails her on an enthralling voyage through maritime literature, history, sociology and folklore. . . . Lundy is so intelligent and vivid a writer that The Way of a Ship earns its place as a worthy 21st-century descendant of such classics as Two Years Before the Mast and Typhoon.”
–Jonathan Raban, author of Passage to Juneau<...

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