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The IRA planted the bomb at the Grand Hotel, in the seaside resort of Brighton, targeting the British prime minister. There Will Be Fire, by journalist Rory Carroll, reads like a political thriller.
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In this extract from his new book, Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown, Rory Carroll recounts the moment the bomb went off, the devastation it caused and the prime minister’s immediate reaction
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Rory Carroll’s fascinating, exhaustive account reads like a thriller and details the planning, perpetration and consequences of one of the most sensational event of the Troubles
25 years on from the Good Friday agreement, the Iron Lady’s implacability and its unintended consequences are a lesson in humility, says Guardian Ireland correspondent Rory Carroll
The gripping inside story of the 1984 Brighton bombing, its victims, and its unintended consequences