Unbroken: Secrets, Lies and Enduring Love <\/p>\n
Author: Mary Attenborough & Michael Gallagher<\/p>\n
ISBN-13: 9781785375606<\/p>\n
Publisher: Merrion Press<\/p>\n
Guideline Price: \u20ac18.99<\/p>\n
The press release says the lives of Mary Attenborough and Michael Gallagher were \u201cupended\u201d in 1996, but this is an understatement of epic proportions. <\/p>\n
At about 4am on October 28th, there was a \u201cdeafening thump\u201d, the sound of \u201csteel banging on steel\u201d and a roar of \u201carmed police\u201d<\/a> as their London<\/a> flat was raided. Mary struggled to hide her nakedness and prayed they wouldn\u2019t shoot. Michael is hauled away, handcuffed under a shroud and read his rights under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. <\/p>\n This riveting account of the fallout from the night is written by the couple themselves and the narrative alternates between their two voices, so we see the raid through Michael\u2019s eyes and then Mary\u2019s. <\/p>\n She asks to see a warrant and is warned to keep her head down before being told the police are \u201cinvestigating IRA activity<\/a> relating to your boyfriend\u201d. Michael\u2019s account seems slightly calmer than Mary\u2019s at this point.<\/p>\n Mary is questioned about money and whether Michael is upset that she, a mathematician and software engineer, is the main breadwinner. The fact they\u2019ve just scraped together enough to buy a cottage in Ireland adds to the suspicion. <\/p>\n She is shown the main evidence against her partner, a picture showing him with the keys outside a warehouse where traces of the constituents of Semtex have been discovered.<\/p>\n It is later revealed the flat had been bugged and mentions of the IRA had been recorded. There is also an incident where he avoided surveillance in a seemingly accomplished manner. He is accused of taking part in \u201cmortar attacks on Heathrow Airport in March 1994\u201d.<\/p>\n