SWIFT BLAZE OF FIRE

This book explores the complex life of Robert "Bob" Hilliard, a renowned International Brigadista and maverick figure in Irish history, as his granddaughter, Lin Rose Clark, uncovers his legacy of love, war, and personal contradictions while seeking to understand the impact of his choices on their family.

Lin Rose Clark, a British and Irish citizen, taught English and Humanities in secondary schools for 15 years before retraining as a tax investigator. She has a BA in English Literature from University College London and an MA in Creative Writing. This book, shortlisted in 2017 as a work-in-progress for the Biographers’ Club’s Tony Lothian Prize, is her first full-length work of non-fiction.