John Cole is one of the most loved of all British TV personalities, as the best-selling sales in hardback and paperback of his autobiography proved. It has long been his ambition to write fiction - this is the result. It is the story of Alan Houston, a journalist whose life - and marriage - is wrecked by the sectarian conflict that flared anew in the northern Ireland of the 1970s. Flattered into becoming an adviser to the British government in Northern Ireland, he lets the role go to his head. Absorbed by his new job, he neglects his wife, and puts his sons at risk as he courts the innermost circles of the IRA.

A Clouded Peace

Literature & Fiction

John Cole

Contemporary

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

Thatcher Years: A Decade of Revolution in British Politics

BBC Books

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths In & Around Rochdale - True Crime Books The criminal cases vividly described by John Cole in this gripping book take the reader on a journey into the dark secret side of Rochdale's long history. This old town, surrounded by brooding Pennine hills and wild open moorland, has been the setting for a series of horrific, bloody, sometimes bizarre incidents over the centuries. From crimes of brutal premeditation to crimes born of passion or despair, the whole range of human weakness and wickedness is represented here. There are tales of ghosts and skulduggery, forgery and betrayal, highway robbery and murder, riots and repression, public executions and instances of extraordinary domestic cruelty and malice that ended in death. Unforgettable local cases are featured - the suicide of John Ellis, the public hangman, the booby trap that killed two policemen, the mummified body that prompted a pioneering forensic investigation. John Cole's chronicle of Rochdale's hidden history will be compelling reading for anyone who is interested in the sinister side of human nature or the social conditions that nurture it.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Rochdale

History

Europe

Wharncliffe Books

A guide to discovering your family history. It describes how to start and where to go for basic information.

Tracing Your Family Tree

Reference

Goldeneye

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