Books by David McKittrick
Lost Lives
by David McKittrick
In a way, this is the most shocking book I’ve ever opened. At its heart lies a list that starts No 1: June 11, 1966, and gives the name of the first man to be killed in the Troubles, and then lists 3,697 individuals who lost their lives in the violence that followed. The last death recorded in my edition (the third) was on November 21, 2003. Each chapter covers one year of the Troubles, and is introduced with penetrating quotations and facts, adding context and insight.
Interviews where books by David McKittrick were recommended
The best books on The Troubles, recommended by Timothy Knatchbull
In August 1979, Timothy Knatchbull and his family went out in a boat off the coast of Ireland. Neither his grandparents or his twin brother would return from the IRA bomb attack that shocked Britain and the world. Here he talks about books that helped him better understand ‘the Troubles,’ and his own book, From a Clear Blue Sky, about his own journey to come to terms with that happened that bank holiday weekend.
