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Killing Thatcher - The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown (Hardcover)
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Killing Thatcher - The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown (Hardcover)
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The gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to
killing Margaret Thatcher KILLING THATCHER is the gripping account
of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margaret
Thatcher and to wiping out the British Cabinet – an extraordinary
assassination attempt linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles and
the most daring conspiracy against the Crown since the Gunpowder
Plot. In this fascinating and compelling book, veteran journalist
Rory Carroll retraces the road to the infamous Brighton bombing in
1984 – an incident that shaped the political landscape in the UK
for decades to come. He begins with the infamous execution of Lord
Mountbatten in 1979 – for which the IRA took full responsibility
– before tracing the rise of Margaret Thatcher, her response to
the ‘Troubles’ in Ireland and the chain of events that
culminated in the hunger strikes of 1981 and the death of 10
republican prisoners, including Bobby Sands. From that moment on
Thatcher became an enemy of the IRA – and the organisation swore
revenge. Opening with a brilliantly-paced prologue that introduces
bomber Patrick Magee in the build up to the incident, Carroll sets
out to deftly explore the intrigue before and after the
assassination attempt – with the story spanning three continents,
from pubs and palaces, safe houses and interrogation rooms, hotels
and barracks. On one side, an elite IRA team aided by a renegade
priest, US-raised funds and Libya’s Qaddafi and on the other,
intelligence officers, police detectives, informers and bomb
disposal officers. An exciting narrative that blends true crime
with political history, this is the first major book to investigate
the Brighton attack.
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