Margaret Thatcher by Jonathan Aitken

Margaret Thatcher by Jonathan Aitken

A strong and sometimes divisive figure in British and world politics, Margaret Thatcher was the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th century and the only woman to ever hold the office. Drawing from an abundance of new, previously unpublished material from the Thatcher Archive at Churchill College, Cambridge, Jonathan Aitken's fresh and original biography is a lively and perceptive exploration of the personality that dominated conservative British politics for more than 10 years and her profound and worldwide impact on the historical tapestry of her time. At once positive and critical in its assessment of her governance, Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality is crafted from the author's longtime personal relationship with his subject, his eyewitness account of public and private episodes in her life, and more than 100 interviews with the former Prime Minister's political colleagues and close personal friends. Penetrating and insightful, it chronicles one of the most remarkable political lives of our time.

Former MP and cabinet member Jonathan Aitken is the author of 12 books, including the award-winning biography of President Richard Nixon. Continuum has just published Pride and Perjury, Psalms for People Under Stress, Prayers for People Under Stress, and Charles W. Colson: A Redeemed Life, Heroes and Contemporaries, and Nazarbayev and Kazakhstan's Making Jonathan Aitken has a daughter named Alexandra. She is a professional yoga teacher in her late twenties who lives and works in Los Angeles. Yogamint.com is her personal website, and it has a sizable and rising following.