Bernadette Devlin
Author of The Price of my Soul
About the Author
Image credit: wikipedia - A mural by the Bogside Artists in Derry's Bogside, depicting Devlin
Works by Bernadette Devlin
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1947-04-23
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Queen's University, Belfast, UK
- Organizations
- Irish Republican Socialist Party
Independent Socialist Party - Nationality
- Ireland
- Places of residence
- County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Belfast, Northern Ireland - Associated Place (for map)
- Northern Ireland
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The Price of My Soul : The 22-year-old Member of Parliament From Northern Ireland Tells Her Story by Bernadette Devlin
his novel explores the childhood and young adulthood of Bernadette Devlin who was appointed as the youngest female MP in 1969. Her account explores her motives for becoming involved in People's Democracy as it highlights the discrimination and oppression which Catholics faced in the North of Ireland at that time, and her efforts to challenge the Unionist dominated government in order to effect a more just and equitable society. A gripping account of a difficult period in Ireland's history show more written with compassion, insight and a ready wit. Highly recommended show less
The Price of My Soul : The 22-year-old Member of Parliament From Northern Ireland Tells Her Story by Bernadette Devlin
The author writes: "[This book] is not a work of art, an autobiography, or a political manifesto . . . I have written this book in an attempt to explain how the complex economic, social, and political problems of Northern Ireland threw up the phenomenon of Bernadette Devlin."
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- Works
- 6
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 194
- Popularity
- #112,876
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 12
- Languages
- 6