{"product_id":"an-accidental-villain-a-soldiers-tale-of-war-deceit-and-exile-hardcover","title":"An Accidental Villain: A Soldier's Tale of War, Deceit and Exile - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinden MacIntyre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling, prize-winning author Linden MacIntyre comes an engrossing, page-turning exploration of the little-known life of Sir Hugh Tudor. Appointed by his friend Winston Churchill to lead the police in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence, Tudor met civil strife and domestic terrorism with indiscriminate state-sanctioned murder--changing the course of Irish history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter distinguishing himself on the battlefields of the First World War, Major-General Sir Hugh Tudor could have sought a respectable retirement in England, his duty done. But in 1920, his old friend Winston Churchill, Minister of War in Lloyd George's cabinet, called on Tudor to serve in a very different kind of conflict--one fought in the Irish streets and countryside against an enemy determined to resist British colonial authority to the death. And soon Tudor was directing a police force waging a brutal campaign against rebel \"terrorists,\" one he was determined to win at all costs--including utilizing police death squads and inflicting brutal reprisals against IRA members and supporters and Sinn Féin politicians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTudor left few traces of his time in Ireland. No diary or letters that might explain his record as commander of the notorious Black and Tans. Nothing to justify his role in Bloody Sunday, November 21, 1920, when his men infamously slaughtered Irish football fans. And why did a man knighted for his efforts in Ireland leave his family and homeland in 1925, moving across the sea to Newfoundland? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLinden MacIntyre has spent four years tracking Tudor through archives, contemporaries' diaries and letters, and the body count of that Irish war. In \u003ci\u003eAn Accidental Villain, \u003c\/i\u003e he delivers a consequential and fascinating account of how events can bring a man to the point where he acts against his own training, principles and inclination in the service of a cause--and ends up on a long journey toward personal oblivion.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLINDEN MacINTYRE is the bestselling author of many award-winning books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Long Stretch, Causeway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bishop's Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy Men Lie, Punishment, The Only Café \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wake\u003c\/i\u003e. A distinguished broadcast journalist, MacIntyre was born in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, and grew up in Port Hastings, Cape Breton. He spent twenty-four years as the co-host of \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Estate \u003c\/i\u003eand has won ten Gemini awards for his broadcast work. MacIntyre lives in Toronto with his wife, the journalist and author Carol Off. They spend their summers in a Cape Breton village by the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52694216573261,"sku":"9780735282025","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/yR3zNWW6OB9780735282025.webp?v=1762060825","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/an-accidental-villain-a-soldiers-tale-of-war-deceit-and-exile-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}