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Margaret Thatcher

byCharles Moore, Daniel J Collings (Edited by)

The Authorized Biography: Single-volume Centenary Edition

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With unparalleled authority and dramatic detail, Charles Moore's definitive biography of Margaret Thatcher, now published in a single volume to mark the 100th anniversary of her birth, presents the whole history of the woman who transformed Britain and the world in the late twentieth century. With unique access to Thatcher’s private and governmental papers and extensive interviews with her, her family, and colleagues, Moore gives readers an unsurpassed portrait of her life.

From her early years and rise to power, through her transformative tenure as Prime Minister, to her final days, this biography illuminates the complexities of Thatcher’s character – her determination, boldness, and the challenges she faced as a woman in a male-dominated political world. Moore brilliantly conveys her pivotal role on the world stage, her battles at home, and the dramatic events leading to her resignation.

This edition combines the insights of the original three volumes, providing a comprehensive portrait of one of the most influential figures of her age, whose impact has lasted well into our own.

Moore's great gift is his ability to make Thatcher's story fresh again, and above all to remind us of how odd she was ... The thoroughness of the research, the hundreds of interviews, and above all the access to her family and friends, enabled [him] to produce a multifaceted picture of a compelling life ... Although this is very much a narrative biography, it is also a book about ideas: where they come from, how they affect people and how they get shaped into policies ... one of the definitive books about Britain in the late twentieth century

Anne Applebaum, Daily Telegraph

About Charles Moore

Charles Moore joined the staff of the Daily Telegraph in 1979, and as a political columnist in the 1980s covered several years of Mrs Thatcher's first and second governments. He was Editor of the Spectator 1984-1990; Editor of the Sunday Telegraph 1992-1995; and Editor of the Daily Telegraph 1995-2003, for which he is still a regular columnist. The first volume of his biography of Margaret Thatcher, published in 2013, won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the H.W. Fisher Best First Biography Prize and Political Book of the Year at the Paddy Power Political Book Awards.
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