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About the Author
Professor Sir David Cannadine is Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University and General Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. He is one of the world's best-known historians and historical biographers, and an expert on Churchill and political leadership, and was President of the British Academy from 2017 to 2021. The author or editor of thirty books, David Cannadine is also a regular broadcaster on radio and television. His most recent publications include Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800-1906 (2018), The Undivided Past (2013), and George V: the Unexpected King (2014), as well as two series of Prime Ministers' Props for BBC Radio 4 (2016 and 2018).
Reviews
Condensed biography with excellent analysis... David Cannadine Margaret Thatcher A Life and Legacy (OUP) is just the ticket. * Keith Simpson, Total Politics *
This carefully crafted essay is welcome above all because it concisely distils major episodes such as the "Big Bang" * WM Roger Louis, Times Literary Supplement *
The historian is successful in setting the "Iron Lady" in the broader historical context. * Thompson Chau, Myanmar Times *
An elegant, even-handed and economical overview of the life and legacy of Margaret Thatcher * Robbie Millen, The Times *
This concise book avoids the usual controversies and offers a new analysis of Thatcher's sweeping economic reforms ... artfully concise book * William Davies, The Guardian *
This short format, shorn of extraneous detail, makes it somehow easier to take an overview of the Thatcher years. * Roland White, The Sunday Times *
a masterpiece of compression * John Campbell, Financial Times *
Book Information
ISBN 9780192889188
Author David Cannadine
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 173mm * 111mm * 11mm