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Punched and kicked by her father and molested by local boys, young Kathy suffered in silence; she had nowhere to turn. Torn from her family at the age of eight and incarcerated ... a series of Catholic homes, she ended up in a psychiatric unit where she suffered terrifying electric-shock therapy and further- cruelty at the hands of her supposed carers. At the age of 12 she was sent to a Magdalen laundry where she fell victim to sexual ahuse. She gave birth to baby Annie just weeks before her 14th birthday. Only then did she realise her nightmare had just begun.

On 23 October 1983 a suicide attack on US marines killed 241 Americans. But President Ronald Reagan never hit back at the Iranian and Syrian conspirators. Now we know the reason why. Beirut 1983 tells for the first time why the West walked away from Lebanon and opened the way to decades of chaos. It shows that in a bleak bargain with history the Americans had stepped back from the risk of a devastating global conflagration. Full of intrigue, espionage and revelation, it is a true story that will chill anyone who recognizes many of the same dangers today.

On a fine calm morning in September 1852, a strikingly handsome man and his beautiful wife stepped onto a hired boat in Howth Harbour, Dublin, to set out on a day trip. The destination was Ireland''s Eye, a small uninhabited island less than a mile to the north of the harbour. He was an artist, she a keen and adventurous swimmer. By sunset, when the boat returned to fetch them, she would be dead.