Stephen Mcginty: 3 books
by Stephen McGinty
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
The life of the spiritual pugilist and eminent Scottish Cardinal Thomas Winning, leader of Scotland’s Catholics until his death in June 2001. Stephen McGinty tells for the first time the full life story of Cardinal Thomas Winning, arguably the most controversial and pugnacious archbishop in recent...
Fire in the Night
The Piper Alpha Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
The fire was visible from seventy miles away and the heat generated was so intense that a helicopter could only circle the rig at a perimeter of one mile. On the surface of the sea, a converted fishing trawler inched as close as possible, but the paint on the vessel’s hull blistered and burnt. In...
Churchill's Cigar
A Lifelong Love Affair Through War and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2011
During the Second World War, Churchill's cigar was such an important beacon of resistance that MI5, together with the nation's top scientists, tested the Prime Minister's supplies on mice rather than risk sabotage. Today Winston Churchill and his cigar remains a global icon, memorialised by a 107...