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A review by iarlais
Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber: The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale by Sean O'Driscoll
adventurous
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
tense
slow-paced
4.25
What a whirlwind of a life.
O'Driscoll took me on a journey of Rose Dugdale's life, and never once did I want to turn back. He expertly documents her string of attacks, be they on Oxford-based patriarchy, on poverty, on capitalism, on British army barracks, and on Dublin-based drug dealers. He proves that this was an excellent topic to research based off her life story alone, but he elevates it slightly by including his own interactions with Rose and her associates that help you feel you're in the room with them. A very interesting technique in a biography that I haven't seen.
Easily the best biography I've read so far, by the way.
O'Driscoll took me on a journey of Rose Dugdale's life, and never once did I want to turn back. He expertly documents her string of attacks, be they on Oxford-based patriarchy, on poverty, on capitalism, on British army barracks, and on Dublin-based drug dealers. He proves that this was an excellent topic to research based off her life story alone, but he elevates it slightly by including his own interactions with Rose and her associates that help you feel you're in the room with them. A very interesting technique in a biography that I haven't seen.
Easily the best biography I've read so far, by the way.