Iron Lady
Iron Lady by John Campbell, published by Vintage in 2008, is a comprehensive biography that delves into the eleven and a half years of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership. This edition, comprising 913 pages, offers an in-depth exploration of her time in power, drawing on a wealth of memoirs, diaries, and original materials, including insights from the Ronald Reagan archive. The book presents a detailed account of Thatcher’s political journey, from the initial challenges she faced to the significant events that marked her tenure.
Readers will find a thorough examination of the Thatcher Government, enriched by interviews and perspectives from her colleagues, aides, and rivals. This biography not only highlights the political landscape of Great Britain during the 20th century but also sheds light on the cultural and historical context of her leadership. Iron Lady serves as a significant resource for those interested in political history and the dynamics of leadership during a transformative period in Europe.
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The first volume of John Campbell’s biography of Margaret Thatcher was described by Frank Johnson in the Daily Telegraph as ‘much the best book yet written about Lady Thatcher’. That volume, The Grocer’s Daughter, described Mrs Thatcher’s childhood and early career up until the 1979 General Election which carried her into Downing Street.
This second volume covers the whole eleven and a half years of her momentous premiership. Thirteen years after her removal from power, this is the first comprehensive and fully researched study of the Thatcher Government from its hesitant beginning to its dramatic end. Campbell draws on the mass of memoirs and diaries of Mrs Thatcher’s colleagues, aides, advisers and rivals, as well as on original material from the Ronald Reagan archive, shedding fascinating new light on the Reagan-Thatcher ‘special relationship’, and on dozens of interviews.
The Iron Lady will confirm John Campbell’s Margaret Thatcher as one of the greatest political biographies of recent times.
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