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Hidden Belfast highlights some of the unique and quirky elements of the city's past, and tells the stories of some fascinating rogues and scoundrels that history has overlooked. Discover the intriguing stories behind characters like Bruce Ismay, (Managing Director of the White Star Line, who ordered Harland and Wolff to reduce the number of lifeboats on the Titanic from 48 to 16 because additional lifeboats would obscure the view of the first-class passengers), the infamous Sir Edward May and his equally infamous son-in-law (the second Marquis of Donegall, who had a reputation of not paying his bills and became known as 'Lord Done 'em all') and Waddell Cunningham (who in 1786 attempted to set up a Belfast Slaveship Company). Other tales include well-known figures who are associated with Belfast like The Duke of Wellington, Dean Jonathan Swift, Anthony Trollope, James Sheridan Knowles, Sir John Soane (Architect of the Bank of England), James Murray (discoverer of Milk of Magnesia), Dunlop (inventor of the pneumatic tyre), Litvinov (Stalin's Foreign Minister) and Chaim Herzog (the longest serving President of Israel). Their stories show Belfast to have been a place of learning and radical views, especially in the Nineteenth Century when it embraced the industrial revolution and became a world leader in shipbuilding, linen and cigarette production.
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Raymond O'Regan was born and brought up in Belfast and is a lecturer in Irish History at Queens University. He has contributed to a variety of television and radio programmes, for both RTE and the BBC. He has contributed to national and regional media programmes and has lectured on the 'Troubles' in America while producing four historical books with Queens University: Samuel Neilson: The Forgotten Patriot, A Celebration of the Centenary of Queens University, A Short History of Belfast from 668 to the Present day and A Selection of the Correspondence from Dr. William Drennan to his Sister Martha He also worked on two other books, Celebrated Citizens of Belfast and Enduring City: Belfast in the Twentieth Century which were published in 2006.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Excellent example of well researched local history which will be of interest to local residents and those whoes parents/grandparents were born there. Entertaining and well set out to be enjoyable and very acceptable as a present for someone having an interest in the city.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An excellent book full of tales of the characters who have inhabited Belfast's long and often troubled history. This is not a dry, stuffy, academic book, it's full of life and people. What I really liked about it is that each chapter contains a different story so you can dip in and out of it as much as you like. It's well written and engages the reader in incident and rebellion. Whether you or your family are from Belfast or you are visiting the city this book will show you a side of the city that you will not have been aware of. An absolute must.
Format:Hardcover
The author has created a book full of unknown facts about Belfast in a fascinatting and instructive way. He should be proud of the work he has done.I have enjoyed reading it as will anyone who is lucky enough to read it.
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