{"product_id":"margaret-thatcher-at-her-zenith-in-london-washington-and-moscow-paperback","title":"Margaret Thatcher: At Her Zenith: In London, Washington and Moscow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the masterpieces of British political history\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times) \u003c\/i\u003eboasts unprecedented access to Thatcher colleagues, friends, family, and all her government and private papers, and offers a groudbreaking and essential portrait of a titanic figure, with all her capabilities and flaw, during the years of her greatest power.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a government's parliamentary majority in British electoral history and proceeded to transform relations with Europe, prioritize British industry, and reinvigorate the economy. For the only time since Churchill, Britain had a central place in dealings between the superpowers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut even at her zenith, Thatcher was best by difficulties. She regularly faced calls for resignation, grew isolated in her own government, butted heads with the Queen, bullied her senior colleagues, and was deceived by her closest ally, Ronald Reagan, during the U.S. invasion of Grenada. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThatcher storms from these pages as from no other book.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHARLES MOORE\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1956 and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read history. He joined the staff of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003ein 1979, and as a political columnist in the 1980s covered several years of Mrs. Thatcher's first and second governments. He was editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e from 1984 to 1990; editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003efrom\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e1992 to1995; and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003efrom 1995 to 2003, for which he is still a regular columnist. The first volume of his biography of Margaret Thatcher, published in 2013, has won multiple awards for distinguished achievement in biography and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 912\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772762718496,"sku":"9781101873847","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b38aca37970d749d01ddb5f89c53277e.webp?v=1780413562","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/margaret-thatcher-at-her-zenith-in-london-washington-and-moscow-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}