Memories of Margaret Thatcher: A portrait, by those who knew her best

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More than three decadesafter leaving office, Margaret Thatcher still bestrides the political scene,both in Britain and around the world, like a colossus. First elected to Parliamentin 1959, she served for twenty years before making history as the UK’s firstfemale Prime Minister. Her two further election victories, both landslides,made her the longest-serving British premier since Lord Liverpool in the Georgianera. To mark the centenary of herbirth, this fully updated edition of Memories of Margaret Thatcher bringstogether 250 personal reminiscences and anecdotes from those who experiencedclose encounters with the Iron Lady – whether political friends or opponents,observing her from the press gallery or toiling to keep her flame alight in theconstituencies. They include Ronald Reagan,Helmut Kohl, Paddy Ashdown, Michael Howard, Sebastian Coe, Boris Johnson,William Hague, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Esther Rantzen, David Davis, Liam Fox,Kemi Badenoch, Kirsty Wark, Gyles Brandreth, Roger Scruton, Salman Rushdie andmany more. Amusing, revealing, oftensympathetic and occasionally antagonistic, these observations combine to give aunique portrait of a remarkable woman.