Martin McGuinness By the end of the '90s, Esquire magazine rated him the second most powerful man in the United Kingdom after Rupert Murdoch.
Martin McGuinness: From Guns to Government is a revised and updated new edition with recent interviews and bonus material, including an account of the authors' arrest under the Official Secrets Act for revealing that Martin McGuinness's phone was being tapped by MI5 and publishing the transcripts of some calls (included in this edition). The book tells the story of Martin McGuinness's personal jou
rney from undistinguished IRA volunteer to the man labelled 'Britain's No. 1 Terrorist' by The Cook Report. And, although he denies ever having been IRA Chief of Staff, he says that he regards the charge as a compliment. McGuinness, now Deputy First Minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly, has been described as 'excellent officer material', 'the personification of the armed struggle' and 'IRA godfather of godfathers'. Yet he is also a devout Catholic, a husband and father of four and a keen poet and fisherman. In his native Derry, he is equally revered and reviled. This book uncovers the truth behind the enigmatic and intensely private individual who holds the peace process in the palm of his hand. It also includes appendices detailing Martin McGuinness's full criminal record, his various positions in the IRA and contact between McGuinness, Downing Street and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
