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Summary:

"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.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: pt. I Genesis of a Plot
• ch. One Mountbatten
• ch. Two Friendly Skies of South Armagh
• ch. Three Chancer
• ch. Four Hunger
• ch. Five England Department
• pt. II Countdown
• ch. Six Bomb Burglar and Mr. T
• ch. Seven Friends
• ch. Eight Rejoice
• ch. Nine Blackpool
• ch. Ten Salcey Forest
• ch. Eleven Tightrope
• ch. Twelve Room 629
• ch. Thirteen Clockwork
• ch. Fourteen White Light
• pt. III Manhunt
• ch. Fifteen Wetting Worms
• ch. Sixteen Hypothenar Evidence
• ch. Seventeen Dublin

• ch. Eighteen London
• ch. Nineteen Glasgow
• ch. Twenty Reckonings.

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Author/Creator:

Carroll, Rory , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

There will be fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and two minutes that changed history [by Carroll, R.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: There will be fire [by Carroll, R.] (New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2023] — ISBN 9780593419502; LCCN 2022052214)

Subjects:

Thatcher, Margaret — Assassination attempts — England — Brighton

Irish Republican Army

Magee, Patrick, 1951-

Terrorism — England — Brighton — History — 20th century

Attempted assassination — England — Brighton — Investigation — History — 20th century

Great Britain — Politics and government — 1979-1997

Ireland — Politics and government — 1949-

Northern Ireland — Politics and government — 1968-1998

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-397).
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

HV6433.G713 C377 2023eb

ISBNs:

9780593419502 (electronic bk.)
0593419502 (electronic bk.)
9780593419496 [Invalid]
0593419499 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1358404747

Other Control Numbers:

3324289 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp304688626