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Author:

Carroll, Rory, author.

Title:

There will be fire : Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and two minutes that changed history / Rory Carroll.

Publisher:

G. P. Putnam's Sons,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Thatcher, Margaret--Assassination attempts--Brighton.--Brighton.
Magee, Patrick,--1951-
Irish Republican Army.
Terrorism--Brighton--Brighton--History--20th century.
Attempted assassination--Brighton--Brighton--History--History--20th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1979-1997.
Ireland--Politics and government--1949-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Invisible Beings -- Mountbatten -- The Friendly Skies of South Armagh -- The Chancer -- Hunger -- The England Department -- The Bomb Burglar and Mr. T -- Friends -- Rejoice -- Blackpool -- Salcey Forest -- Tightrope -- Room 629 -- Clockwork -- A White Light -- Wetting Worms -- Hypothenar Evidence -- Dublin -- London -- Glasgow -- Reckonings.

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.

ISBN:

0593419499
9780593419496 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1335757770

LCCN:

2022052213

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