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Author: Brian Barton Publisher: ISBN: 9781909556324 Category : Belfast (Northern Ireland) Languages : en Pages : 0
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"Based on official records and personal accounts, this work examines the authorities' lack of preparation and the full terror of the blitz. It also highlights how the blitz exposed extreme poverty in Belfast and the bleak social aftermath of the raids."--Goodreads.com.
Author: Brian Barton Publisher: ISBN: 9781909556324 Category : Belfast (Northern Ireland) Languages : en Pages : 0
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"Based on official records and personal accounts, this work examines the authorities' lack of preparation and the full terror of the blitz. It also highlights how the blitz exposed extreme poverty in Belfast and the bleak social aftermath of the raids."--Goodreads.com.
Author: Brian Barton Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 344
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Based on official records and personal accounts, this work examines the authorities' lack of preparation and the full terror of the blitz. It also highlights how the blitz exposed extreme poverty in Belfast and the bleak social aftermath of the raids.
Author: Lucy Caldwell Publisher: Faber & Faber ISBN: 0571313582 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 266
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WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION WINNER OF THE E. M. FORSTER AWARD AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4s BOOK AT BEDTIME Two sisters. Four nights. One City. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the Belfast Blitz, These Days is an unforgettable novel about lives lived under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves 'Brilliantly evokes wartime love and heartbreak.' Guardian 'Breathtakingly good. A novel of enormous heart; full of luminous passages of prose.' Observer 'Meticulously researched, perfectly imagined, full of compassion and emotional truth.' CLARE CHAMBERS
Author: S. Kirk Walsh Publisher: Catapult ISBN: 1640094016 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 291
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Inspired by true events, this vivid and moving story of a young woman zookeeper and the elephant she's compelled to protect through the German blitz of Belfast during WWll speaks to not only the tragedy of the times, but also to the ongoing sectarian tensions that still exist in Northern Ireland today—perfect for readers of historical and literary fiction alike. Belfast, October 1940. Twenty-year-old zookeeper Hettie Quin arrives at the city docks in time to meet her new charge: an orphaned three-year-old Indian elephant named Violet. As Violet adjusts to her new solitary life in captivity and Hettie mourns the recent loss of her sister and the abandonment of her father, new storm clouds gather. A world war rages, threatening a city already reeling from escalating tensions between British Loyalists and those fighting for a free and unified Ireland. The relative peace is shattered by air-raid sirens on the evening of Easter Tuesday 1941. Over the course of the next five hours, hundreds of bombs rain down upon Belfast, claiming almost a thousand lives and decimating the city. Dodging the debris and carnage of the Luftwaffe attack, Hettie runs to the zoo to make sure that Violet is unharmed. The harrowing ordeal and ensuing aftermath set the pair on a surprising path that highlights the indelible, singular bond that often brings mankind and animals together during horrifying times. Inspired by a largely forgotten chapter of World War II, S. Kirk Walsh deftly renders the changing relationship between Hettie and Violet, and their growing dependence on each other for survival and solace. The Elephant of Belfast is a complicated and beguiling portrait of hope and resilience--and how love can sustain us during the darkest moments of our lives.
Author: Publisher: Anchor Books ISBN: 9781906578916 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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An event in the history of Belfast which had a profound effect was the blitzing of the city in the Spring of 1941. What seem inevitable now, that the Luftwaffe would target such an important manufacturing city, when at the time Belfast was thought to be out of range for the German planes. This left Belfast as one commentator put it ' the most unpro
Author: Brian Barton Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 344
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Based on official records and personal accounts, this work examines the authorities' lack of preparation and the full terror of the blitz. It also highlights how the blitz exposed extreme poverty in Belfast and the bleak social aftermath of the raids.
Author: Sean McMahon Publisher: Brehon Press ISBN: 9781905474318 Category : World War, 1939-1945 Languages : en Pages : 157
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In 1941, while Britain and mainland Europe were engulfed in conflict, Belfast stood at the edge of the theatre of war, confident that it lay beyond the reach of the German bombers. Detailing episodes of heroism and community spirit against a background of death and destruction, this book also examines the poverty that was exposed.
Author: Juliet Gardiner Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780007386611 Category : London (England) Languages : en Pages : 352
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September 1940 marked the beginning of Nazi Germany's sustained attack on civilian Britain. Lasting eight months long, the Blitz was the form of warfare that had been predicted throughout the 1930s, that everyone had expected since Neville Chamberlain's declaration that Britain was at war with Germany. The ferocity of the Luftwaffe attacks, combined with images of the City of London burning are widely considered to be iconic snapshots of Second World War history. Though compared with other great moments of that war -- D-Day, Dunkirk, V E Day -- the Blitz remains curiously unexamined. Apart from fragmentary accounts and local records, there is little in the way of a comprehensive account of the Blitz experience that so many British civilians went through -- as well as the social, political and cultural implications of the bombardment. Designed to break the morale of the British population, the nightly bombings certainly did devastate. But, as Juliet Gardiner shows in this hugely important book, they also served to galvanise the nation; from those eight months of terrifying Nazi onslaught, a new determination amongst people and politicians steadily emerged. Revealing, original and beautifully written, THE BLITZ is a much-needed exploration of one of the most important moments in Second World War history.
Author: Jim Case Publisher: Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 9780446566261 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 183
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John Cody, ex-Marine and CIA operative, with his hand-picked team of fighting professionals takes on Terrance Leslie, second in comand in the IRA's Northern Council. Leslie plans to trigger an Irish revolt, but he hasn't planned on Cody's Army standing in his way.
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