Brian BartonBrian Barton, graduated from Queen's University Belfast in modern history (1967) and was awarded an MA by the University of Ulster (1979) and completed a PhD in history at Queen's University (1994). He tutored in modern history with the Open Universiy (1995-2013) and held research fellowships at Queen's University, Belfast and Churchill College, Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has authored or edited over twelve books on Irish history and politics. His most recent publications include The Belfast Blitz: the City in the War (2015); The Secret Court Martial Records of the Easter Rising (2010) and (co-authored with Michael Foy) The Easter Rising (2011). He co-edited with Patrick Roche and contributed to four published volumes on the 'Northern Ireland question' the most recent being The Northern Ireland Question: The Peace Process and the Belfast Agreement (2009). He also contributed chapters on Northern Ireland to A New History of Ireland, Vol. VII, Ireland 1921-1984 produced by the Royal Irish Academy and published by Oxford University Press in 2003. Read More Read Less