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There will be fire : Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and two minutes that changed history Cover Image

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

Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and two minutes that changed history (portion title)

Carroll, Rory, (author.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593419496
ISBN: 0593419499
Physical Description: xii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-397).

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: Invisible Beings -- Part I Genesis of a plot. Mountbatten -- The friendly skies of South Armagh -- The chancer -- Hunger -- The England Department -- Part II Countdown. The bomb burglar and Mr. T -- Friends -- Rejoice -- Blackpool -- Salcey Forest -- Tightrope -- Room 629 -- Clockwork -- A white light -- Part III Manhunt. Wetting worms -- Hypothenar evidence -- Dublin -- London -- Glasgow -- Reckonings -- Epilogue.