Margaret Thatcher: A Life and Legacy

By David Cannadine

Book Overview

Few modern women have had as great a political impact as Margaret Hilda Roberts, the grocer's daughter from Grantham who, as Margaret Thatcher, became Britain's first woman prime minister. The longest serving British premier of the twentieth century, Thatcher has been the subject of both adulation and vilification. In Margaret Thatcher: A Life and Legacy, the leading historian Sir David Cannadine sets Margaret Thatcher in the context of recent British history.

With elegance, wit, and historical insight, Cannadine charts Mrs Thatcher's upbringing and influences, her political career and life after politics, the impact of her policies, and her personal reputation and political legacy. The book also features a glossary of key terms, a chronology, a "dramatis personae" of significant figures of the period, and a guide to further reading.

Written by one of the foremost international historians, it is an essential work for anyone interested in the life and work of a towering--and often controversial--figure in modern British history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198795009
• ISBN13: 9780198795001
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

It was OK

This little tome would make more sense to someone familiar with British politics and government. Thatcher, like most re-elected leaders, had less success in her later years as PM, than in her prime. I did not learn much new here, but it was a decent read.