This is an exploration of the hidden patterns of the past, rather than its surface details, this study reveals the potent, often unconscious forces which motivate both sides in the current Northern Ireland conflict. A.T.Q. Stewart is the author of The Pagoda War: Lord Dufferin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Ava, Edward Carson, A Deeper Silence: The Hidden Origins of the United Irishmen and The Summer Soldiers: The 1798 Rebellion in Antrim and Down.