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From a Clear Blue Sky: Surviving the Mountbatten Bomb
Timothy Knatchbull
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Description for From a Clear Blue Sky: Surviving the Mountbatten Bomb
Paperback. Offers an account of the IRA bomb that killed the author's 14-year-old twin brother, his grandparents and a family friend, published on the 30th anniversary of the atrocity. This title reveals a story of courage and fortitude as he, his family, and their English and Irish friends dealt with the shocking assassinations and their aftermath. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPL; BGA; HBJD1; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 330.
Winner of the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Award, and nominated for the PEN/JR Ackerley prize.
The powerful memoir of a Mullaghmore bombing survivor
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On the August bank holiday weekend in 1979, 14-year-old Timothy Knatchbull went on a boat trip off the shore of Mullaghmore in County Sligo, Ireland, with many members of his family.
By noon, an IRA bomb had destroyed the boat, leaving four dead.
The author survived, but his grandparents, a family friend, and his 14-year-old twin brother did not. Lord Mountbatten, his grandfather - and uncle to the Duke of Edinburgh - was the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099543589
SKU
V9780099543589
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About Timothy Knatchbull
The youngest of seven children, Timothy Knatchbull read Social and Political Science at Cambridge. After ten years as a filmmaker, mostly at BBC television, he studied at Harvard's Kennedy School before spending two years in Washington DC with the Discovery Channel. He now runs a London media business and is married with five children.
Reviews for From a Clear Blue Sky: Surviving the Mountbatten Bomb
From a Clear Blue Sky is a minute by minute story of what happened that day, and what happened afterwards. It is a proper four-hanky bawler, and the exactitude of the story is what makes it so moving ... He provides a convincing account of the extent to which he has been able to accept, forgive and move on. His ... Read more