The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher: Grocer's Daughter to Iron Lady - Softcover

Campbell, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099575167 ISBN 13: 9780099575160

Publisher: Vintage Books, 2012

Synopsis

The book behind the new film starring Meryl Streep: The Iron Lady. John Campbell's award-winning two volume biography of Margaret Thatcher has been edited into one, indispensable book. It is the political biography.
 
In this abridged edition of John Campbell's two acclaimed volumes on Margaret Thatcher -- used as the basis for the film The Iron Lady -- we trace the life of Britain's only female Prime Minister, from her upbringing in Grantham to her unexpected challenge to Edward Heath for leadership of the Conservative party and her eventual removal from power.
 
This is an extraordinary account of an extraordinary woman; John Campbell portrays an ambitious and determined woman who may have begun her career in office almost timidly but who became increasingly remote and arrogant after the Falklands, eventually losing the trust of her colleagues.

About this title

About the Author:

JOHN CAMPBELL is one of the country's leading political biographers. His books include Lloyd George: The Goat in the Wilderness, Edward Heath (for which he was awarded the NCR Award) and If Love Were All... The Story of Frances Stevenson and David Lloyd George.

Review:

"Anyone who really wants to know what happened between 1979 and 1990 should read this book."
—Daily Telegraph
 
"The best book yet written about Lady Thatcher."
—Daily Telegraph
 
"Superbly researched... unlike so many others is neither hagiography nor hatchet-job, and probably gets closer to the truth than any... magnificently told."
—Sunday Express
 
"An enormously useful achievement... every twist and turn of her political life is here."
—The Times, Books of the Year

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0099575167
• ISBN 13: 9780099575160
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576