Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal Of Unionism

Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal Of Unionism
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The comprehensive and groundbreaking biography of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning politician, one of the most influential and important men in Irish political history.Please note that this edition does not include illustrations.How did David Trimble, the ‘bête noire’ of Irish nationalism and ‘bien pensant’ opinion, transform himself into a peacemaker? How did this unfashionable, ‘petit bourgeois’ Orangeman come to win a standing ovation at the Labour Party conference? How, indeed, did this taciturn academic with few real intimates succeed in becoming the leader of the least intellectual party in the United Kingdom, the Ulster Unionists? And how did he carry them with him, against the odds, to make an ‘historic compromise’ with Irish nationalism?These are just a few of the key questions about David Trimble, one of the unlikeliest and most complicated leaders of our times. Both his admirers and his detractors within the unionist family are, however, agreed on one thing: the Good Friday agreement could not have been done without him. Only he had the skills and the command of the issues to negotiate a saleable deal, and only he possessed the political credibility within the broader unionist community to lend that agreement legitimacy once it had been made.David Trimble’s achievements are extraordinary, and Dean Godson, chief leader writer of the ‘Daily Telegraph’, was granted exclusive and complete access while writing this book.

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Dean Godson. Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal Of Unionism

DEAN GODSON. HIMSELF ALONE. DAVID TRIMBLE. AND THE ORDEAL OF UNIONISM

DEDICATION

EPIGRAPH

CONTENTS

ONE Floreat Bangoria

TWO A don is born

THREE In the Vanguard

FOUR Ulster will fight

FIVE The changing of the Vanguard

SIX Death at Queen’s

SEVEN He doth protest too much

EIGHT Mr Trimble goes to London

NINE Framework or straitjacket?

TEN The Siege of Drumcree (I)

ELEVEN Now I am the Ruler of the UUP!

TWELVE The Establishment takes stock

THIRTEEN Something funny happened on the way to the Forum election

FOURTEEN Go West, young man!

FIFTEEN ‘Binning Mitchell’

SIXTEEN ‘Putting manners on the Brits’

SEVENTEEN The Yanks are coming

EIGHTEEN The Siege of Drumcree (II)

NINETEEN Fag end Toryism

TWENTY The unlikeliest Blair babe

TWENTY-ONE The pains of peace

TWENTY-TWO When Irish eyes are smiling

TWENTY-THREE Murder in the Maze (or the way out of it)

TWENTY-FOUR Long Good Friday

TWENTY-FIVE ‘Let the people sing’

TWENTY-SIX A Nobel calling

TWENTY-SEVEN The blame game speeds up

TWENTY-EIGHT No way forward

TWENTY-NINE RUC RIP

THIRTY By George

THIRTY-ONE ‘And the lion shall lie down with the lamb’

THIRTY-TWO Mandelson keeps his word

THIRTY-THREE The Stormont soufflé rises again

THIRTY-FOUR In office but not in power

THIRTY-FIVE A narrow escape

THIRTY-SIX The luckiest politician

THIRTY-SEVEN Another farewell to Stormont

THIRTY-EIGHT A pyrrhic victory

THIRTY-NINE Paisley triumphant

FORTY Conclusion

GLOSSARY

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

AUTHOR’S NOTE

NOTES. AUTHOR’S NOTE

CHAPTER ONE: Floreat Bangoria

CHAPTER TWO: A don is born

CHAPTER THREE: In the Vanguard

CHAPTER FOUR: Ulster will fight

CHAPTER FIVE: The changing of the Vanguard

CHAPTER SIX: Death At Queen’s

CHAPTER SEVEN: He doth protest too much

CHAPTER EIGHT: Mr Trimble goes to London

CHAPTER NINE: Framework or straitjacket?

CHAPTER TEN: The Siege of Drumcree (I)

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Now I am the Ruler of the UUP!

CHAPTER TWELVE: The Establishment takes stock

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Something funny happened on the way to the Forum election

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Go West, young man!

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: ‘Binning Mitchell’

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: ‘Putting manners on the Brits’

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: The Yanks are coming

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Siege of Drumcree (II)

CHAPTER NINETEEN: Fag end Toryism

CHAPTER TWENTY: The unlikeliest Blair babe

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: The pains of peace

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: When Irish eyes are smiling

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Murder in the Maze (or the way out of it)

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: Long Good Friday

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: ‘Let the people sing’

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: A Nobel calling

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: The blame game speeds up

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: No way forward

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: RUC RIP

CHAPTER THIRTY: By George

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: ‘And the lion shall lie down with the lamb’

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: Mandelson keeps his word

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: The Stormont soufflé rises again

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: In office but not in power

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: A narrow escape

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: The luckiest politician

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Another farewell to Stormont

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: A pyrrhic victory

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Paisley triumphant

CHAPTER FORTY: Conclusion

PRAISE

COPYRIGHT

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

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For my mother above all

but not forgetting Paul, Greta, John, Evelyn, Charlie and Gill

.....

David Trimble to his old friend, Professor Herb Wallace,

after signing the Belfast Agreement

.....

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