Margaret Thatcher the authorized biography
"With unequaled authority and dramatic detail, the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret 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. Moor...
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2013-
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| Edition: | First United States Edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- v. 1. From Grantham to the Falklands. pt. 1. The approach, 1925-1959. Grantham : 'Mahogany and child'
- Scholarship girl : 'You're thwarting my ambition'
- Love and war at Oxford : 'Is it marble, Margaret?'
- Essex girl : 'What a pity such a charming girl should be lost to politics!'
- Dartford and romance : 'I think we are both getting very fond of one another'
- Marriage, the law and Finchley : 'The necessary fervour'
- pt. 2. Parliament, 1959-1979. Member, minister : 'She's trouble. What can we do to keep her busy?'
- Opposition, 1964-1970 : 'Running out of other people's money'
- Milksnatcher : 'The most unpopular woman in Britain'
- Who governs Britain? : 'The extreme left is well in command'
- The gelding and the filly : 'Heath will murder you'
- The Iron Lady : 'It is a moral struggle'
- Trapped in moderation : 'She does not lead and manage her Shadow Cabinet'
- Labour isn't working : 'I know what. You tell me how'
- May 1979 : 'There's only one chance for a woman'
- pt. 3. Power, 1979-1982. Downing Street : 'They thought she was a sort of right-wing baboon'
- 'Cuts' : 'I asked for too little, didn't I?'
- Our doubts are traitors : 'I cannot play Sister Bountiful'
- Nor for turning : 'They are all against me, Robert. I can feel it'
- Russia and Reagan : 'The only European leader I know with balls'
- Hunger in Ireland : 'The lady behind the veil'
- The 1981 Budget and beyond : 'We've got to more fast to save her'
- The Falklands invasion : 'The worst moment of my life'
- Victory : 'I don't think anyone else but you could have done it'.
