When Margaret Thatcher unexpectedly emerged to challenge Edward Heath for the Conservative leadership in 1975, the public knew her only as the archetypal Home Counties Tory Lady, more famous for her hats than for any outstanding talent. Yes almost overnight she reinvented herself. Journalists who set out to discover where she came from were amazed to find that she had grown up above a grocer ...

The first volume of John Campbell's biography of Margaret Thatcher was described by Frank Johnson in the Daily Telegraph as ...

In this abridged edition of John Campbell's two acclaimed volumes on Margaret Thatcher we trace the life of Britain's only female Prime Minister, from her upbringing in Grantham to her unexpected challenge to Edward Heath for leadership of the Conservative party & her eventual removal from power. This is an extraordinary account of an extraordinary woman; John Campbell portrays an ambitious & determined woman who may have begun her career in office almost timidly but who became increasingly remote & arrogant after the Falklands, eventually losing the trust of her colleagues. ...

Through nigh-on forty years of laconic brilliance on Radio 1, a musical taste which defined a culture & his wildly popular Radio 4 show, Home Truths, John Peel reached out to an audience that was as diverse as his record collection. He was a genuinely great Briton, beloved by millions. John ...

The mousemaid Mariel is washed up on the shores of Mossflower country, half-drowned, battered & bruised but still alive! She has no idea of her identity but her incredible story of badger lords, fighting hares & Gabool the Wild Warlord of the Waters gradually unfolds & helps Redwall Abbey in its latest battle against evil sea rats... ...

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