{"product_id":"haughey-his-life-and-unlucky-deeds","title":"Haughey: His Life and Unlucky Deeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Haughey's political career has spanned the past 35 years of Irish politics and has been controversial throughout much of that time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe rose quickly, fell often. He became leader of his party and formed four different administrations, all of which provoked wildly diverse criticisms and reactions. He dominated his period as no other politician has done since Eamon de Valera, yet ultimately his downfall came as a result of scandals. His were \"unlucky deeds\" contained in Othello's last speech, which Haughey quoted when announcing his resignation. This biography looks at Haughey's life as well as the history of his period. The arms crisis was the most dramatic of the many scandals in his career which created the famous \"whiff of sulphur\" so often associated with the mercurial, but ultimately ill-fated performance of this most enigmatic politician.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Biography \u0026amp; memoir, Cultural, Ethnic \u0026amp; Regional\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780006381044\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47907877257393,"sku":"SB-0006381049-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0006381049.jpg?v=1789683297","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/haughey-his-life-and-unlucky-deeds","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}