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Irish Flames: Peter Waller's True Story of the Arrival of the Black and Tans

Irish Flames: Peter Waller's True Story of the Arrival of the Black and Tans

by JohnWaller (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

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Synopsis

Before Peter Waller died he gave a partial manuscript to the author, his half-brother. Here is Peter's story.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Yiannis Books
Published: 01 Mar 2006
ISBN 10: 0954788729
ISBN 13: 9780954788728

Media Reviews
The Irish Times: John Waller's story, based on the childhood memories of his half-brother, is worth a read. Interestingly, it's told from the viewpoint of a big house family, the Casemonds. Alex, a First World War veteran and champion sportsman, his out-of-place English-born wife, Meli, and their your son, Robin, become embroiled in the War (of Independence) after an IRA ambush on the Black and Tans, whose commander is killed in the attack. All names in the book have been changed to protect the innocent. The Irish Post: Ireland in 1920. The Black and Tans have just arrived to crush the growing Irish Revolution and one boy watches as his country is torn apart by flames of freedom, hate and love. Irish Flames is a thriller based on the intimate memories of Peter Waller - a boy growing up during those troubled times. 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. 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.
Author Bio
John Waller was educated at Cambridge Unversity, trained as a Systems Engineer at IBM and founded a computer company. He was a Liberal councillor in Richmond for 17 years and three times parliamentary candidate for Twickenham. In 2004 Greek Walls, memories of his life in Corfu from 1966 was published. 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'. He has had four further books published.