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Above the Ground: A True Story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland

Above the Ground: A True Story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland

Lawton, Dan
Keating, John
Keating, John

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Irish HistoryTrue Crime

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ISBN13: 9798874859169
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Published: Jun 25 2024
Language: English
In 1978, the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland, known as The Troubles, had reached a boiling point. Hundreds of members of the Irish Republican Army, determined to drive the hated British out of the province--killing soldiers and police, detonating bombs, while arming themselves with firearms and explosives--had been arrested and incarcerated in the notorious British prison known as the Maze. On Sunday, November 26, 1978, two IRA gunmen kicked in the front door at 8 Evelyn Gardens in Belfast--the home of Maze prison official Albert Miles. They executed Miles in front of his horrified family and vanished into the night.

In 1983, at the end of the longest and most-publicized trial in the country's history, twenty-four-year-old Catholic taxicab driver Kevin Barry Artt was convicted and sentenced to life for Miles's murder. On his way to the Maze, in manacles and still professing his innocence, Artt prayed for an opportunity to escape. Six weeks later, his prayers were answered--he made a daring and dramatic escape from the Maze, fleeing to California and going underground. For decades, the British government, aided by the US Department of State and FBI, relentlessly sought him while he managed to stay just steps ahead of his pursuers.

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