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There Will Be Fire
- Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
- Narrado por: John Keating
- Duración: 14 h y 6 m
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**A Goodreads Choice Awards Nomination for Best History & Biography**
**An NPR Book We Love*
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.
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.
In There Will Be Fire, Carroll draws on his own interviews and original reporting, reveals new information, and weaves together previously unconnected threads. There Will Be Fire is journalistic nonfiction that comes across like a thriller, propelled by a countdown to detonation.
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"There was no book harder to put down this year than this one… Carroll wrote this book after exhaustive interviews with those directly involved, and he makes it clear how much history would have changed if those two minutes had a different outcome.”—NPR
“Intelligent, fast-paced, and compelling, There Will Be Fire propels us into a pivotal moment in the tangled history of England and Ireland, and, with unusual intimacy, reveals its lasting impacts. Combining superb investigative journalism with the hair-raising action of a thriller, Carroll unearths the unexpected legacy of the deadly 1984 Brighton bombing, while exploring deeper themes of warfare, vengeance, and the enduring dream of a united Ireland.”—Nathalia Holt, author of Rise of the Rocket Girls
“The Brighton bombing of 1984 was arguably the most potent attempt to decapitate the British state since the Gunpowder Plot. Rory Carroll’s brilliant reconstruction combines the heart-stopping intensity of a great thriller with an acute exploration of the political context. This was a moment on which history turned, and Carroll brings it alive for us in all its horror, drama, and humanity.”—Fintan O’Toole, author of We Don’t Know Ourselves
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A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss. Based on hundreds of interviews, Patrick Radden Keefe's sweeping narrative tells the story not only of Sister Ping, but of the gangland gunslingers who worked for her, the immigration and law enforcement officials who pursued her, and the generation of penniless immigrants who risked death and braved a 17,000 mile odyssey so that they could realize their own version of the American dream.
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But Is It a Crime?
- De Roy en 08-23-09
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We Don't Know Ourselves
- A Personal History of Modern Ireland
- De: Fintan O'Toole
- Narrado por: Aidan Kelly
- Duración: 22 h y 11 m
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In We Don't Know Ourselves, Fintan O'Toole weaves his own experiences into Irish social, cultural, and economic change, showing how Ireland, in just one lifetime, has gone from a reactionary "backwater" to an almost totally open society - perhaps the most astonishing national transformation in modern history. O'Toole narrates the once unthinkable collapse of the all-powerful Catholic Church, brought down by scandal and by the activism of ordinary Irish. He relates the horrific violence of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, which led most Irish to reject violent nationalism.
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Relentlessly Negative
- De John en 06-02-22
De: Fintan O'Toole
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Armed Struggle
- The History of the IRA
- De: Richard English
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 20 h y 6 m
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The IRA has been a much richer, more complexly layered, and more protean organization than is frequently recognized. It is also more open to balanced examination now - at the end of its long war in the north of Ireland - than it was even a few years ago. Richard English's brilliant audiobook offers a detailed history of the IRA, providing invaluable historical depth to our understanding of the modern-day Provisionals, the more militant wing formed in 1969 dedicated to the removal of the British Government from Northern Ireland and the reunification of Ireland.
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A comprehensive history of the IRA
- De Stefan Filipovits en 02-04-20
De: Richard English
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Four Shots in the Night
- A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland
- De: Henry Hemming
- Narrado por: Jamie Parker, Henry Hemming
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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The search for justice for this one man's death—his body found in broad daylight, with tape over his eyes, an undisguised hit—would deliver more than the truth. It exposed his status as an informant and led to protests, campaigns, far-reaching changes to British law, a historic ruling from a senior judicial body, a ground-breaking police investigation, and bitter condemnation from a US Congressional commission.
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Great summary of the dirty war in the Irish - British conflict
- De Paul O'Brien en 05-24-24
De: Henry Hemming
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Above the Ground
- A True Story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
- De: Dan Lawton
- Narrado por: John Keating
- Duración: 13 h y 46 m
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In 1978, the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland, known as The Troubles, had reached a boiling point. Hundreds of members of the Irish Republican Army, determined to drive the hated British out of the province—killing soldiers and police, detonating bombs, while arming themselves with firearms and explosives—had been arrested and incarcerated in the notorious British prison known as the Maze.
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One man’s journey through the troubles
- De Steven D. Rosson en 07-28-24
De: Dan Lawton
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The American Civil War
- De: Gary W. Gallagher, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Gary W. Gallagher
- Duración: 24 h y 37 m
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Between 1861 and 1865, the clash of the greatest armies the Western hemisphere had ever seen turned small towns, little-known streams, and obscure meadows in the American countryside into names we will always remember. In those great battles, those streams ran red with blood-and the United States was truly born.
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Excellent Series
- De Rodney en 07-09-13
De: Gary W. Gallagher, y otros
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Say Nothing
- A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
- De: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrado por: Matthew Blaney
- Duración: 14 h y 40 m
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Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress--with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes.
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On a par with I'll Be Gone in the Dark, plus...
- De Grace O'Malley en 03-01-19
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Margaret Thatcher in Her Own Words
- De: Margaret Thatcher
- Narrado por: Margaret Thatcher
- Duración: 1 h y 33 m
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In interviews ranging from 1975 to 1990, Margaret Thatcher talks about being a woman in politics, managing men and women, her response to the media attacks she received in the early days of her career and the importance of wearing the right clothes. She also recalls her memories of home, including working in her father's grocery shop, the radio and TV programmes she enjoyed (including The Two Ronnies) and following sports like cricket and tennis.
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- De Richonette en 12-16-22
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On Bloody Sunday
- A New History of the Day and Its Aftermath - by the People Who Were There
- De: Julieann Campbell
- Narrado por: Annie Farr, Eleanor Methven, Gordon Griffin, y otros
- Duración: 14 h y 12 m
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In January 1972, a peaceful civil rights march in Northern Ireland ended in bloodshed. Troops from Britain's 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment opened fire on marchers, leaving 13 dead and 15 wounded. Seven of those killed were teenage boys. The day became known as 'Bloody Sunday'. The events occurred in broad daylight and in the full glare of the press. Within hours, the British military informed the world that they had won an 'IRA gun battle'. This became the official narrative for decades until a family-led campaign instigated one of the most complex inquiries in history.
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Brilliant
- De Sarah Jane Walton en 02-04-22
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The Yank
- The True Story of a Former US Marine in the Irish Republican Army
- De: John Crawley
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 8 h y 40 m
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1975: A young Irish-American man joins an elite US Marine unit to get the most intensive military training possible—then joins the Irish Republican Army, during the days of some of the bloodiest fighting ever in the Irish-British conflict. It is a story that will see him running guns with American mobster—and secret IRA fundraiser—Whitey Bulger; running from safe house to safe house in the Irish countryside, one step ahead of British troops; fending off a recruitment offer from the CIA; and being one of the masterminds behind a campaign to take out London's electrical system.
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Great book
- De Dennis en 06-20-24
De: John Crawley
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War and an Irish Town
- De: Eamonn McCann
- Narrado por: Eamonn McCann
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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Eamonn McCann’s account of what it is like to grow up a Catholic in a Northern Irish ghetto - first published in 1974 - quickly became a classic account of the feelings generated by British rule. The author was at the center of events in Derry which first brought Northern Ireland to world attention. He witnessed the gradual transformation of the civil rights movement from a mild campaign for “British Democracy” to an all-out military assault on the British state. This book describes the people involved in the war and gives an account of the springs of the "Catholic" opposition.
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Simply amazing
- De km en 04-05-19
De: Eamonn McCann
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People Like Us
- Margaret Thatcher and Me
- De: Caroline Slocock
- Narrado por: Antonia Beamish
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
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As a young civil servant, Caroline Slocock became the first ever female private secretary to any British Prime Minister and was at Margaret Thatcher's side for the final 18 months of her premiership. A left-wing feminist, Slocock was no natural ally, and yet she became fascinated by the woman behind the Iron Lady façade and by how she dealt with a world dominated by men. As events inexorably led to Margaret Thatcher's downfall, Slocock observed the vulnerabilities and contradictions of the woman considered by many to be the ultimate anti-feminist.
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Balanced Portrayal
- De Flyte13 en 05-31-19
De: Caroline Slocock
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Rogues
- True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
- De: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrado por: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Duración: 15 h y 28 m
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From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing—and one of the most decorated journalists of our time—twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue.
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Too political
- De Xi Chen en 07-11-22
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Between Two Hells
- The Irish Civil War
- De: Diarmaid Ferriter
- Narrado por: Gerry O'Brien
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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In June 1922, just seven months after Sinn Féin negotiators signed a compromise treaty with representatives of the British government to create the Irish Free State, Ireland collapsed into civil war. While the body count suggests it was far less devastating than other European civil wars, it had a harrowing impact on the country and cast a long shadow, socially, economically and politically, which included both public rows and recriminations and deep, often private traumas.
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The Famine Plot
- England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy
- De: Tim Pat Coogan
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
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In this sweeping history, Ireland's best-known historian, Tim Pat Coogan, tackles the dark history of the Irish Famine and argues that it constituted one of the first acts of genocide. In what the Boston Globe calls "his greatest achievement", Coogan shows how the British government hid behind the smoke screen of laissez faire economics, the invocation of divine providence, and a carefully orchestrated publicity campaign, allowing more than a million people to die agonizing deaths and driving a further million into emigration.
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Atrocities abound.
- De GMJ en 06-05-18
De: Tim Pat Coogan
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- Kelly K
- 04-20-23
More of a research project than a deep dive book missing follow ups on anyone still alive that was involved.
In NPR’s Fresh Air, this was book review title was touted, as
“In 1984, Margaret Thatcher was nearly assassinated — a new book asks, what if?”
Where is this “what if” part?
I think the author addresses a sentence or two to that premise in less than one paragraph at most.
Which ti me was a little disappointing. Now, if I missed a large portion of the book devoted to this topic, I apologize, but I don’t see where it is. And I do t see how it deserves to be the lead of a review.
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- ronniejm
- 11-30-23
Couldn’t stop listening
Very good book. Well written and well read. Listened during an eight hour drive and never got bored.
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- Coach Mark
- 06-13-23
Great story
Well written and fascinating story about the Brighton bobbing and the IRA men and women, who carried it out.
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- AMM
- 03-31-24
A Story Well Told
Being in the US during this time, I had no idea of the significance lot to kill the Iron Lady. Excellent job!
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- Linda I. Carmichael
- 05-19-23
Nailed every angle
Extraordinary ability to inhabit the minds of all the players. Really does justice to the complexity of the subject. Great reader!
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- Tori
- 02-03-24
Captivating story. Excellent narration.
Excellent and thorough account. Well composed. Great choice of narrator. I couldn’t stop listening yet I didn’t want it to end!
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- Pointman
- 07-21-23
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Great story voiced by a great reader! In a twisted way, Thatcher and the IRA may have deserved each other — both were righteous about their cause.
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- James Kerrigan
- 04-04-24
An evocative telling of the events
Balanced and informative letting the voices that were there illustrate the story. The context and impact on history was incredible.
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- James
- 04-19-23
OK-ish. Once. I really wanted to like this more.
Less of a story... more of biased faux history for the easily addled having not finished primary school history.
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- CaitB
- 07-25-23
A Very British Point of View
Written from a purely British perspective with some "facts" being skewed by the author to make his point.
It's neglectful of the author not to further delve into why the Iron Lady allowed 10 Irishmen to die on hunger strike. Arrogant still not to explain how many Irish were beaten and tortured nearly to death in British prisons, only to be proven innocent...
If you haven't lived in Ireland and represented prisoners in the Kesh, you'll like this book. But for those of us who know the truth, we'll just say this is a big steaming pile of shite.
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