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A gripping deep-dive into the legacy of Sir Hugh Tudor, Churchill’s trusted military man who oversaw the violent repression of Irish revolutionaries through the notorious Black and Tans.
From the bestselling author Linden MacIntyre comes an engrossing exploration of one of the most significant, but nearly unknown figures of the Irish War of Independence, Sir Hugh Tudor. Appointed by Winston Churchill to lead the Royal Irish Constabulary, Tudor met civil strife and rebellion with indiscriminate state-sanctioned murder – changing the course of Irish history.
After distinguishing himself on the battlefields of the First World War, Major General Sir Hugh Tudor was called on to serve in a very different kind of conflict – one fought in the Irish streets and countryside against an enemy determined to resist British colonial authority to the death. Soon he was directing a police force waging a brutal campaign, one he was determined to win at all costs, including utilising police death squads and inflicting brutal reprisals against the IRA and local communities.
Tudor left few traces of his time in Ireland. No diary or letters explain his record as commander of the notorious Black and Tans or justify his role in Bloody Sunday, November 21, 1920. And why did a man knighted for his efforts in Ireland leave his family and homeland in 1925, moving across the sea to Newfoundland?
In An Accidental Villain, Linden MacIntyre delivers a fascinating account of how events can bring a man to the point where he acts against his own training, principles and inclination in the service of a cause – and ends up on a long journey towards personal oblivion.
Contents
Prologue
Part I : A New Found Land
Part II : Ireland: From Mutiny to Murder
Part III : Retaliation
Part IV : Whirlwind
Part V : The Holy Land
Part VI : Amid the Northern Mists
Epilogue
About the Author
Linden MacIntyre is an award-winning author and journalist. His novels – including The Bishop’s Man, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize – have been national bestsellers. His boyhood memoir, Causeway, won the Edna Staebler and Evelyn Richardson Awards. A celebrated broadcaster, MacIntyre spent 24 years co-hosting The Fifth Estate, earning ten Gemini awards. He lives in Toronto with his wife, author Carol Off.
