{"product_id":"kingdom-power-glory-nigel-pantling-9781910367605","title":"Kingdom Power Glory","description":"\u003cp\u003eNigel Pantling was a soldier in Northern Ireland during the early years of 'The Troubles', private secretary to Ministers in the Home Office during the most turbulent year of the Thatcher Government, and a merchant banker in the 90's when privatisations and mergers and acquisitions were rampant. This collection of poetry draws on the danger, the absurdity and the human frailty that he has seen at first hand and is an insightful and unique look at a turbulent time in our recent history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter the Blast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNumber 10 calls at three: by five I'm in Brighton.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt's still dark then, and as I approach the Grand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI pick past bricks, door panels, window frames, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003erailings from balconies impaled in the tarmac.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArc lights pick out the gap in the white fa軋de.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBehind a shimmering mist of dust, the rooms\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eare open-ended boxes of shattered furniture, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eblue lampshades swinging in the breeze.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Front is rowdy with sirens and generators, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhirr and whine of platforms and ladders, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003erattle of chainsaws and clatter of masonry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEarly morning calls ring by empty beds.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Party waits, like families at a pit-head, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003echeering at news of someone alive, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003egroaning at a body on a stretcher.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWarnings about follow-up bombs go ignored.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLater, in a suit bought unseen from M\u0026amp;S, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003emy Minister will speak in solidarity with his leader.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor now, he and I are silent in the cloaking dust\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ewondering how long all this will take to settle.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nigel Pantling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910367605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910367605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Smith\/Doorstop Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d","brand":"Nigel Pantling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616717664511,"sku":"9781910367605","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eb1ac1d4-7c26-46f8-b39e-05931f29106a.jpg?v=1703021910","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kingdom-power-glory-nigel-pantling-9781910367605","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}