Irish Flames: Peter Waller's True Story of the Arrival of the Black and Tans
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (892 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0954788729 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In 2005 the sequel, Corfu Sunset, was described by the Daily Mail as 'essential reading for anyone thinking of moving abroad to a place in the sun'. John Waller was educated at Cambridge Unversity, trained as a Systems Engineer at IBM and founded a computer company. . He has had four further books published. In 2004 Greek Walls, memories of his life in Corfu from 1966 was published. He was a Liberal councillor in Richmond for 17 years and t
It is a nice story, but it is not a true story I know enough about the War of Independence to check facts, even if the names have been changed. What worries me here is that the underlying facts just are not trueThis tale revolves around a visit from the Black and Tans on New Years Eve to the family home of the Wallers and the death of the Black and Tan commander the same night in an IRA ambush after they left the Waller's homeI can find no record of the death of a Major/District Inspector on New Years Eve in the Army, the RIC or the Auxiliaries eith
Before Peter Waller died he gave a partial manuscript to the author, his half-brother. Here is Peter's story.
Stories of the brutality of The Black and Tans have passed down through generations of families but now the words of an eyewitness can show us what it was really like. The Irish Times: "John Waller's story, based on the childhood memories of his half-brother, is worth a read. Anybody with even a little Irish blood in his or her veins will find this story a remarkable account of the end of British Rule." . Interestingly, it's told from the viewpoint of a "big house" family, the Casemonds. All names in the book have been changed to protect the innocent." The Irish Post: "Ireland in 1920. Alex, a First World War veteran and champion sportsman, his out-of-place English-bo