Margaret Thatcher. The Authorized Biography. Volume one: Not for turning. Charles Moore. Penguin Books.
This is a bibliography that patiently waited for its subject matter to die before being published. That was the author’s understanding with the Iron Lady, who passed away earlier this year.
Charles Moore’s biography of Ms Thatcher reveals as never before the early life, rise to power and first years as prime minister of the woman who transformed Britain and the world in the late twentieth century.
Moore has had unique access to all Thatcher’s private and government papers and interviewed her and her family extensively for the book.
Many of her former colleagues and intimates have also shown him previously unseen papers, diaries and letters, and spoken frankly to him, knowing that what she said would not be published until after her death.
The book sheds new light on the whole spectrum of British political life, from her entry into parliament in 1959 to what was arguably the zenith of her power – victory in the Falklands in 1982.
