{"product_id":"there-will-be-fire-margaret-thatcher-the-ira-and-two-minutes-that-changed-history-9780593419496","title":"There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the Ira, and Two Minutes That Changed History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e There Will Be Fire\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThere Will Be Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, Carroll draws on his own interviews and original reporting, reveals new information, and weaves together previously unconnected threads. \u003ci\u003eThere Will Be Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is journalistic nonfiction that reads like a thriller, propelled by a countdown to detonation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e G.P. Putnam's Sons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593419496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2022 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rory Carroll","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729514729653,"sku":"9780593419496","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d6654d67-50b3-480a-94b5-321605efeb14.jpg?v=1675802994","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/there-will-be-fire-margaret-thatcher-the-ira-and-two-minutes-that-changed-history-9780593419496","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}