{"title":"Books by Gerry Adams","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781788495547","title":"Cage Eleven","description":"Long before he became President of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams was a civil rights activist who took part in sit-ins, marches and protests in Northern Ireland. Along with hundreds of other men, Adams was interned on the Maidstone prison ship and in Long Kesh prison – without charge or trial – during the 1970s for his political activities. Women were interned also, in Armagh Women’s Prison. Cage Eleven is his own account – sometimes passionate, often humorous – of life in Long Kesh. Written while Adams was a prisoner, the pieces were smuggled out for publication.This updated edition includes a new introduction and sketches drawn in Cage Eleven by another prisoner at the time, Danny Devenny.‘Offers a unique insight into … the experience of internment … an unrivalled representation of the resilience and humour that were as much a part of the life of the political prisoner as the adherence to a set of political ideals.’ Irish Herald","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56306752749941,"sku":"9781788495547","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781788495547_60b10266-1d42-45a4-b4a7-4e9bcfefb087.jpg?v=1786026949"},{"product_id":"9781847179166","title":"Before the Dawn","description":"Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams offers a unique, intimate account of his childhood in working-class Belfast and the turbulent years of social activism that followed. First published in 1996 – at a time when politics in the North was at an impasse, and the Good Friday Agreement was still many intense months away – Before the Dawn tells of the pogroms of 1969 and the hunger strikes of 1981, moving from the streets of West Belfast to the cages and the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. An engaging and revealing self-portrait that is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand modern Ireland. Updated with a new introduction and epilogue.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313060524405,"sku":"9781847179166","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781847179166_15d282cd-0fd9-49b1-b2d0-f01391e93226.jpg?v=1786028978"},{"product_id":"black-mountain","title":"Black Mountain","description":"In this collection, one of Ireland’s best-known political figures brings us new and selected stories of politics, of family, of love and of friendship. These are portraits of Ireland, and especially Belfast, old and new, in times of struggle and in times of peace, showing how our past is always part of our present. Sometimes sad, sometimes funny, always moving, these are stories of ordinary people captured with wit, with heart and with understanding. Introduction by Timothy O'Grady.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57490061361525,"sku":"9781847176301","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781847176301.jpg?v=1786441955"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-gerry-adams.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}