Margaret Thatcher

Volume One: The Grocer’s Daughter

John Campbell

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Vintage
03 March 2008

Biography; Biography: historical, political & military; British & Irish history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies; Political leaders & leadership

The first volume of the critically acclaimed, definitive biography of Margaret Thatcher.

'A fascinating account... Campbell's research is as exhaustive as it is meticulous' Observer

When Margaret Thatcher unexpectedly emerged to challenge Edward Heath for the Conservative Party leadership in 1975, the public knew her only as the archetypal Home Counties Tory Lady, more famous for her hats than for any outstanding talent- she had a rich businessman husband, sent her children to the most expensive private schools and sat in Parliament for Finchley.

Yet almost overnight she reinvented herself. Journalists who set out to discover where she came from were amazed to find that she had grown up above a grocer's shop in Grantham. Within weeks of her becoming Tory leader an entirely new image was in place, based around the now famous corner shop beside the Great North Road; the strict Methodist upbringing; and her father, who taught her the 'Victorian values' which were the foundations of her subsequent career.

In the first volume of the first full-scale biography of Margaret Thatcher since her fall from power - and the first thoroughly to explore her early life - John Campbell re-examines the mythology and suggests a more complex reality behind the idealised picture accepted by Lady Thatcher's early biographers. He portrays an ambitious and determined woman ruthlessly distancing herself from her roots, until the moment in 1975 when they suddenly became a political asset.

By: John Campbell
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 373g
ISBN: 9780099516767
ISBN 10: 0099516764
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 03 March 2008
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Campbell is the author of biographies of Lloyd George (1977), F. E. Smith (1983), Roy Jenkins (1983), Aneurin Bevan (1986) and Edward Heath (1994), for which he won the NCR Award.

Reviews for Margaret Thatcher: Volume One: The Grocer’s Daughter

'A fascinating account... Campbell's research is as exhaustive as it is meticulous' * Observer * 'A superbly researched biography... unlike so many others is neither hagiography nor hatchet-job, and probably gets closer to the truth than any... magnificently told' * Sunday Express * 'A triumph' * Spectator * A winner. Whatever your views on the grocer's daughter, I defy you not to enjoy it * Daily Mail * The best book yet written about Lady Thatcher * Daily Telegraph *