MARGARET THATCHER (THE PRIME MINISTERS SERIES) (HB)

Margaret Thatcher was a woman of tremendous paradoxes: a conviction politician who was also a pragmatist and someone who delighted in her tough reputation, yet could also be emotional, and even tearful, when confronted by personal or national tragedy. She was known as a classical laissez faire liberal, yet she started out as a social conservative, and wasn’t averse to state intervention when she felt it was warranted. Iain Dale’s sparkling short biography of Margaret Thatcher brings her to life in all her paradoxes and contradictions.