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Margaret Thatcher: The Autobiography
A newly edited, single-volume commemorative edition of ‘The Path to Power’ and ‘The Downing Street Years’; this is Margaret Thatcher in her own words.
Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. Now following her death in 2013, this is her account of her remarkable life.
Beginning with her upbringing in Grantham, she goes on to descr ...more
Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. Now following her death in 2013, this is her account of her remarkable life.
Beginning with her upbringing in Grantham, she goes on to descr ...more
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Well, this is two books stuck together "Path to Power" and "The downing Street years" To read this I suppose you would have to have an interest in politics and Maggie herself. I really enjoyed this book but in two parts. The first part because it were the "Path to Power" and dealt with her road to Number 10. The second part was book two "the Downing Street Years" which was more of what I remember of her. Interesting reasd, though some of the politics got a little boring (but not much). Over all
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As the Baroness herself says in the book "I am not introspective by nature" and this is probably the main fault of the book as you really don't get much below the surface of things in her remarkable life. For example we never know much about Denis, and practically nothing about Mark or Carol. It really is a remarkable story: from the corner grocers shop to global figure, all told in her relentless driving way. Many times she remarks on how she was opposed on an issue by someone, or some group, b
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همونجور که خیلیها هستن که بی دلیل و طبق سنت و شنیده ها از مارگارت تاچر بدشون میاد من جزو کسایی بودم که فقط با شنیده های دوجمله ای در مورد خانم تاچر ازش خوشم میومد.و با خوندن این کتاب فهمیدم که این خوش اومدن کاملا منطقی بوده
خانم تاچر جزو معدود سیاستمدارانی بود که با قدرت و به وضوح از بازار آزاد رقابتی یا همون سرمایه داری دفاع میکنه و این با توجه به نفوذ پرقدرت سوسیالیسم در بین سیاستمداران و روشنفکران جای تقدیر و توجه داره.
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همونجور که خیلیها هستن که بی دلیل و طبق سنت و شنیده ها از مارگارت تاچر بدشون میاد من جزو کسایی بودم که فقط با شنیده های دوجمله ای در مورد خانم تاچر ازش خوشم میومد.و با خوندن این کتاب فهمیدم که این خوش اومدن کاملا منطقی بوده
خانم تاچر جزو معدود سیاستمدارانی بود که با قدرت و به وضوح از بازار آزاد رقابتی یا همون سرمایه داری دفاع میکنه و این با توجه به نفوذ پرقدرت سوسیالیسم در بین سیاستمداران و روشنفکران جای تقدیر و توجه داره.
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I frankly enjoyed this attractive book, I recommend reading of this book to my dear friend Saher who like the autobiography of the effective people in our wold. Nabil Alsagheer
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A good story but terribly written. Did not motivate me to pick it up and start from where I had stopped.
Greatest Prime Minister in British history. The autobiography is incredibly detailed, making it at times heavy, however ignoring the details would be an injustice to her time and efforts that made her such a formidable woman. The first book of two within the autobiography is easier to digest and more about her personal life leading up to how she became Prime Minister, the second is a detailed account of politics in the '80s and how she made tough decisions. Well worth a read, though potentially
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A very well written autobiography by Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female prime minister in Britain. She detailed her life from his upbringing to his political career. She was not perfect and she admitted her convictions but she was truly inspiring and had to strength to turn Britain from the brink of destruction to one of the most prosperous countries in the world.
The autobiography could have really been shorter but it was still an enjoyable read.
The autobiography could have really been shorter but it was still an enjoyable read.
I found this book very informative, but I have to admit the fact that it was almost all politics and little personal was a minus for me. I wanted to know about her personally, and didn't get that.
I'm not an economist, or well-versed in those types of issues, and found some of the chapters that dealt with them almost beyond my comprehension.
I'm not an economist, or well-versed in those types of issues, and found some of the chapters that dealt with them almost beyond my comprehension.
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first and to date only woman to hold either post.
Born in Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, she went on to read Chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford. She was sel ...more
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Born in Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, she went on to read Chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford. She was sel ...more
