Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume One
2013The first volume of Moore's authorised biography, covering Thatcher's early life through the Falklands War.
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Discover the definitive works on Margaret Thatcher's life, politics, and enduring legacy. From her own memoirs to acclaimed biographies, these books offer essential reading for anyone seeking to understand Britain's first female Prime Minister.
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The Downing Street Years
1993Margaret Thatcher's monumental account of her years as Prime Minister (1979-1990). A commanding narrative of the key events, decisions, and personalities that shaped her premiership, from the Falklands War to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Memoirs
The Downing Street Years
1993Thatcher's own account of her eleven years as Prime Minister, covering the Falklands War, miners' strike and transformation of Britain.
The Downing Street Years
1993Thatcher's own account of her premiership.
The Path to Power
1995The story of her early life and political career up to becoming Prime Minister, including her Grantham childhood and rise through the Conservative Party.
Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World
2002Her analysis of international affairs post-Cold War, examining threats to Western security and the principles of successful statecraft.
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography - Volume One: Not For Turning
2013Charles Moore's biography of Margaret Thatcher, published after her death on 8 April 2013, immediately supersedes all earlier books written about her. At the moment when she becomes a historical figure, this book also makes her into a three dimensional one for the first time. It gives unparalleled insight into her early life and formation, especially through her extensive correspondence with her sister, which Moore is the first author to draw upon.
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography - Volume Two: Everything She Wants
2015In June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a government's Parliamentary majority in British electoral history. Over the next four years, as Charles Moore relates in this central volume of his uniquely authoritative biography, Britain's first woman prime minister changed the course of her country's history and that of the world, often by sheer force of will.
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography - Volume Three: Herself Alone
2019Charles Moore's full account, based on unique access to Margaret Thatcher herself, her papers, and her closest associates, tells the story of her last period in office, her combative retirement, and the controversy that surrounded her even in death. It includes the fall of the Berlin Wall, which she had fought for, and the rise of the modern EU that she feared. It lays bare her growing quarrels with colleagues and reveals the truth about her political assassination.
The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher
1989Traces the life of Britain's controversial prime minister, explains how she became involved in politics and looks at the accomplishments of her administration.
Thatcher's Britain
2009An authoritative analysis of how Thatcher transformed Britain, examining her policies' effects on society, economy and politics.
Thatcherism and British Politics: The End of Consensus?
1990A scholarly examination of Thatcherism as a political ideology and its challenge to the post-war consensus.
Margaret Thatcher: In her own words
2011Thatcher was a formidable and largely self-trained orator and this volume collects her greatest and most famous speeches, as well as the cream of her interviews, alongside other biographical material.
Not for Turning: The Life of Margaret Thatcher
2013Written by her former speechwriter and adviser, offering unique insights into her character and political philosophy.
A View from the Wings
1993Memoirs of Thatcher's principal speechwriter, revealing the craft behind her most famous phrases.
Margaret Thatcher
2025The book has two aims: to introduce Margaret Thatcher to new generations and to burst a few of the myths that have grown up about her over the years.
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
Margaret Thatcher
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