There Will be Fire : : Margaret Thatcher, the Ira, and two Minutes That Changed History
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"A race-against-the-clock narrative that finally illuminates a history-changing event: the IRA's attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and the epic manhunt that followed"-- Provided by publisher.
"A bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at 2:54 a.m. on October 12, 1984. It was the last day of the Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in the coastal town of Brighton, England. Rooms were obliterated, dozens of people wounded, five killed. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was in her suite when the explosion occurred; had she been just a few feet in another direction, flying tiles and masonry would have sliced her to ribbons. As it was, she survived—and history changed. There Will Be Fire is the gripping story of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Thatcher, in the most spectacular attack ever linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles. Journalist Rory Carroll reveals the long road to Brighton, the hide-and-seek between the IRA and British security services, the planting of the bomb itself, and the painstaking search for clues and suspects afterward." -- inside front jacket flap.
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PUBLISHED
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2023]
Year Published: 2023
Description: 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780593419496
SUBJECTS
Thatcher, Margaret -- Assassination attempts -- Brighton.
Magee, Patrick, -- 1951-
Irish Republican Army.
Terrorism -- Brighton -- History -- 20th century.
Attempted assassination -- Brighton -- History -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997.
Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1949-
Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1968-1998.