Dead Man Running: A True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the IRA and MI5 - Couverture rigide

McGartland, Martin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1840181605 ISBN 13 : 9781840181609

Editeur : Mainstream Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

For more than four years, Martin McGartland risked his life working undercover as a British agent inside the Provisional IRA. He was credited with saving the lives of more than fifty innocent people. Kidnapped by the Provos and taken to face interrogation and torture, he knew that execution would follow. So in a desperate bid to save his life, he threw himself from the second-floor window of a block of flats and somehow, miraculously, survived.
After being resettled on the mainland and given a new identity, however, he discovered that his capture by the IRA had not been as a result of Provo intelligence. He had been deliberately sacrificed by MI5. Angry, bitter and determined to discover the truth, Martin McGartland set about challenging the mysterious government agencies who had organised his abduction. But the authorities were determined to undermine his efforts. He found himself battling the full force of the British legal system, including the police, the Crown Prosecution Service and senior officers of the RUC, as well as those of MI5 and the Home Secretary himself.
Undeterred by the forces against him, Martin McGartland took his life in his hands. He believed the only way to discover why MI5 had decided to sacrifice him was to travel alone back to Belfast to talk to people whom he hoped could solve the mystery of MI5's bid to organise his execution.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

For more than four years Martin McGartland risked his life working undercover as a British agent inside the Provisional IRA. His first book FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING describes how he was kidnapped by the Provos and taken to a flat to face interrogation and torture, knowing that execution would follow. So, in a desperate bid to save his life, he threw himself from a second-floor window of a block of flats and somehow, miraculously, survived. DEAD MAN RUNNING follows the extraordinary life of Martin McGartland after he re-settles on the mainland and assumes a new identity. It tells of the discovery that his abduction by the IRA was not as a result of Provo intelligence. He had been deliberately sacrificed by MI5. During his years in hiding in the north-east he was stopped, arrested and taken to court on scores of occasions, mostly on trumped-up offences. Poice lied in court in an effort to win convictions. Eventually, the Crown Prosecution Service, advised by MI5, ordered his trial for attempting to pervert the course of justice. McGartland was found not guilty by the jury in just ten minutes. Unbelievably, during the trial, Northumbria Police revealed McGartland's real name and his new identity.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mainstream Publishing
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1840181605
• ISBN 13: 9781840181609
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 221
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible