The Wit and Wisdom of Margaret Thatcher

And Other Tory Legends

Richard Benson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2010
Summersdale Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84953-094-1 (ISBN)

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Margaret Thatcher, UK prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party, was the only women to hold either post, and was re-elected for an unprecedented third term, earning her a place in British history. This collection of pithy and often witty quotations by the outspoken Iron Lady and fellow party members is still surprisingly relevant today.

'Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't'

Margaret Thatcher, UK prime minister 1979-1990 and leader of the Conservative Party 1975-1990, was the only women to hold either post, and was re-elected for an unprecedented third term, earning her a place in British history as one of the most extraordinary figures of the late twentieth century.

This collection gathers together pithy and often witty quotations by the outspoken Iron Lady and fellow party members-many of them still surprisingly relevant today.

Richard Benson is a retired teacher, based in Suffolk, with a wealth of anecdotes from his professional life, which have fuelled the phenomenally successful F in Exams series. He's also a keen amateur cricketer.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.9.2010
Sprache	englisch
Maße	115 x 184 mm
Gewicht	240 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-84953-094-7 / 1849530947
ISBN-13	978-1-84953-094-1 / 9781849530941
Zustand	Neuware