The sensational second volume of Charles Moores bestselling authorized biography of the Iron LadyIn June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a governments Parliamentary majority in British electoral history. Over the next four years, as Charles Moore relates in this central volume of his uniquely authoritative biography, Britains first woman prime minister changed the course of her countrys history and that of the world, often by sheer force of will.The book reveals as never before how she faced down the Miners Strike, transformed relations with Europe, privatized the commanding heights of British industry and continued the reinvigoration of the British economy. It describes her role on the world stage with dramatic immediacy, identifying Mikhail Gorbachev as a man to do business with before he became leader of the Soviet Union, and then persistently pushing him and Ronald Reagan, her great ideological soulmate, to order world affairs according to her vision. For the only time since Churchill, she ensured that Britain had a central place in dealings between the superpowers.But even at her zenith she was beset by difficulties. The beloved Reagan twotimed her during the US invasion of Grenada. She lost the minister to whom she was personally closest to scandal and almost had to resign as a result of the Westland affair. She found herself isolated within her own government over Europe. She was at odds with the Queen over the Commonwealth and South Africa. She...

Binding: Hardback;880 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: BGH; Weight: 1634 g; Dimensions: 169 x 246 x 58

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