Scott Graham was a formidible SAS soldier. He was decorated for his
heroism in Northern Ireland and the Falklands, and he fought gun battles
in which more than a dozen IRA terrorists were killed.
Mairead Farrell was a petite, young, darkly beautiful . . . and she
planted bombs for the IRA.
Together the two shared a deadly and terrible secret. For fourteen
years, they loved one another with a relentless passion, against all the
taboos of both their armies. Their clandestine love affair reached its
crescendo with the shooting of three unarmed IRA terrorists on the Rock
of Gibraltar, one of the most controversial incidents in the history of
the SAS.
"Violent Delights" is Scott Graham's true story of this extraordinary
romance, and of the killings that shocked the world.
Their love began in a Belfast bar when Mairead was an innocent Catholic
schoolgirl and Scott a young, idealistic British soldier with dreams of
one day joining the SAS. He lied about his occupation and soon they
became lovers. Mairead would become a heroine and a legend among the
Republicans of West Belfast. She joined the IRA, running messages,
ferrying arms and finally playing a key role in bombing missions. Scott
went on to become a "badged" member of the SAS.
"Violent Delights" is the amazing true story of the doomed love affair
of two young people thrown together by accident in one of the world's
most violent societies, two people representing the opposite sides of
the war of attrition in Northern Ireland.
Their heartbreaking story captures the beauty and the tragedy of this
cruel land.
