Martin McGuinness: From Guns to Government

Martin McGuinness, former Chief of Staff of the IRA and first Minister for Education in the Northern Ireland Assembly, is the lynchpin of the current ceasefire. McGuinness has been described as 'excellent officer material', 'the second most powerful man in Britain after Rupert Murdoch', 'the personification of the armed struggle', and 'IRA godfather of godfathers'. Yet he is also a devout Catholic, a husband and father of four and a keen poet and fisherman. In his native Derry, he is equally revered and reviled.In Martin McGuinness: From Guns to Government, Liam Clarke and Kathryn Johnston uncover the truth behind the enigmatic and intensely private individual who holds the peace process in the palm of his hand.