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241 pages. Original publisher's cloth, spine lettered gilt, with original pictorial unclipped dust jacket, predominately black, with an image of Dublin's Four Courts in the centre of the 10.
In April 1970 the British Government appointed John Peck as Ambassador to Ireland. His posting coincided with three of the most critical years in Anglo-Irish relations. Internment without trial was introduced in Northern Ireland; Irish Government ministers were dismissed after allegations of illegal gun-running; thirteen civilians were shot by British paratroopers in the tragedy of 'Bloody Sunday'; the British Embassy in Dublin was burned to destruction by a rioting crowd.
Age spotting and tanning to the top gf the page block. Brief gift inscription to blank endpage, and there is a large colourful armorial sytle bookplate on the inside front pastedown (partly covered by the inside flap)
