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Fifty Dead Men Walking

by Martin McGartland · 1997

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For four years, Martin McGartland lived a remarkable double life, a life not even known to the mother of his two children. To the Irish Republican Army, he was a trusted intelligence officer and integral member of an activist terrorist unit. To the British government, he was "Agent Carol". By night he helped plan bombings and shootings of innocent people, by day he passed on details of planned atrocities to British intelligence officers—heroically and fearlessly—until his cover was blown.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thistrue crimetrue crimeMore like thisLess of this
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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisNorthern IrelandNorthern IrelandMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 324 pages

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