Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume One: Not For Turning

Not For Turning is the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher, providing unparalleled insight into her early life and formation. It recreates the atmosphere of British politics and takes her up to the Falklands Dinner in 1982. Moore is an admirer but also criticizes her, offering a fully rounded portrait of a towering figure of our times.

Format: Hardback
Length: 896 pages
Publication date: 02 December 2021
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Not For Turning is the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher, the longest-serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century and one of the most influential political figures of the postwar era. Charles Moore's biography of Margaret Thatcher, published after her death on April 8, 2013, immediately supersedes all earlier books written about her. At the moment when she becomes a historical figure, this book also makes her into a three-dimensional one for the first time. It gives unparalleled insight into her early life and formation, especially through her extensive correspondence with her sister, which Moore is the first author to draw on. It recreates brilliantly the atmosphere of British politics as she was making her way and takes her up to what was arguably the zenith of her power, victory in the Falklands. (This volume ends with the Falklands Dinner in Downing Street in November 1982.) Moore is clearly an admirer of his subject, but he does not shy away from criticizing her or identifying weaknesses and mistakes where he feels it is justified. Based on unrestricted access to all Lady Thatcher's papers, unpublished interviews with her and all her major colleagues, this is the indispensable, fully rounded portrait of a towering figure of our times.

Weight: 1514g
Dimension: 167 x 245 x 57 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241573570