This book takes a thorough yet lighthearted look at the life & times of Britain's longest serving twentieth-century prime minister. Reflecting on her life & character, from her early days growing up as the daughter of a Lincolnshire grocer, to her years serving as one of the most powerful & controversial of leaders, through to her current iconographic status as a leader & thinker, this study is accompanied by a selection of forthright"es by & about this formidable woman.