{"product_id":"9780007456628-the-path-to-power","title":"The Path to Power","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary account of Margaret Thatcher’s life up to her dramatic election as the first woman Prime Minister of England in 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary account of Margaret Thatcher’s life up to her dramatic election as the first woman Prime Minister of England in 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eMargaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. This is the story of her remarkable life in her own words.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eIn this second volume of her memoirs, following ‘The Downing Street Years’, she writes candidly about the experiences that propelled her to the very top in a man's world. Beginning with her upbringing in Grantham, she goes on to describe her Oxford years, marriage to Denis, and entry into Parliament at a time when there were no more than a handful of women MPs. Rising through the ranks to Education Secretary and then Leader of the Opposition, she led the Conservative Party to a historic victory in the 1979 general election, becoming Britain's first female prime minister.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eMargaret Thatcher's compelling account stands as a powerful testament to her influential legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eAlthough ‘The Path to Power’ is not available as an ebook, the ebook ‘Margaret Thatcher: The Autobiography’ (ISBN 978-0-00-741694-3) comprises abridged versions of this and the second volume of Thatcher’s memoirs, ‘The Downing Street Years’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943045181537,"sku":"9780007456628","price":17.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27345741.jpg?v=1721724114","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780007456628-the-path-to-power","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}