The Kidnapping: A hostage, a desperate manhunt and a bloody rescue that shocked Ireland

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Tommy Conlon Ronan McGreevy

The Kidnapping

A hostage, a desperate manhunt and a bloody rescue that shocked Ireland

Tommy Conlon, Ronan McGreevy

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Penguin Books Ltd
30 June 2024

British & Irish history

The sensational true story of one of Ireland's most dramatic abductions

November 1983. As top supermarket executive Don Tidey sets out on the school run, he is snatched from his car and driven away at speed. The IRA, using kidnapping to fund its armed campaign, has its latest victim.

What follows is a massive manhunt and, twenty-three days later, a chaotic rescue in a Leitrim wood. No one emerges unscathed - not the man at the centre of the drama, not the local community, not the police, not the Irish state. And especially not the families of the soldier and the young police officer killed as Tidey is freed.

Powerful, intimate and searching, The Kidnapping is a brilliantly reported account of an iconic episode and the shadow it still casts.

By: Tommy Conlon, Ronan McGreevy
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 199mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 267g
ISBN: 9781405959018
ISBN 10: 1405959010
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 30 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tommy Conlon (Author) Tommy Conlon is a sportswriter with the Sunday Independent. He has co-authored books with some of Ireland's most successful sportsmen, including Ronnie Whelan, John 'Bull' Hayes, and Keith Earls, whose autobiography won the Sports Book of the Year at the 2021 An Post Irish Book Awards. He is a native of Ballinamore, Co Leitrim. Ronan McGreevy (Author) Ronan McGreevy is an Irish Times journalist and videographer. He is the author of Wherever the Firing Line Extends- Ireland and the Western Front and editor of Centenary- Ireland Remembers 1916. His latest book Great Hatred- The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP was the Sunday Business Post history book of the year. He is a native of Co Leitrim.

Reviews for The Kidnapping: A hostage, a desperate manhunt and a bloody rescue that shocked Ireland

Vivid . . . [shows] a deep understanding . . . insightful and emotional * Sunday Independent * An important reminder of our imperfect, contentious past * Irish Times * A fascinating read * Northern Sound Radio *