Review
This is an immensely readable book - I had great trouble putting it down. --Daly History Blog
Bloody Belfast gives a unique perspective on the Troubles ... a humbling and captivating read. --Bookgeeks
Calling on first-hand accounts that he has collected from veterans of the campaign, Ken recounts the everyday horror that they came up against. --Legion Magazine
Bloody Belfast gives a unique perspective on the Troubles ... a humbling and captivating read. --Bookgeeks
Calling on first-hand accounts that he has collected from veterans of the campaign, Ken recounts the everyday horror that they came up against. --Legion Magazine
Product Description
Former soldier Ken Wharton witnessed the troubles in Northern Ireland first hand. 'Bloody Belfast' is a fascinating oral history given a chilling insight into the killing grounds of Belfast's streets. Wharton's work is based on the first hand accounts from the soldiers. The reader can walk the darkened, dangerous streets of the Lower Falls, the Divis Flats and New Lodge alongside the soldiers who braved the hate-filled mobs on the newer, but no less violent streets of the 'Murph, Turf Lodge and Andersonstown. The author has interviewed UDR soldier Glen Espie who survived being ambushed and shot by the IRA not once, but twice and Army Dog Handler Dougie Durrant, who, through the incredible ability of his dog, tracked an IRA gunman fresh from the murder of a soldier to where he was sitting in a hot bath in the Turf Lodge, desperately trying to wash away the forensic evidence. Wharton's reputation for honesty established from previous works has encouraged more former soldiers of Britain's forgotten army to come forward to tell their stories of 'Bloody Belfast'. The book continues the story of his previous work, presenting the truth about a conflict which has sometimes been deliberately underplayed by the Establishment.
