Margaret Thatcher: Herself Alone

“With this masterpiece, Moore has given us Margaret Thatcher. She now belongs to history.”—The New York Times Book Review (100 Notable Books of 2019)

“Splendid . . . Impressive . . . In Charles Moore this titanic figure of British history has found a biographer whose mastery of both subject and form is complete. This is a biography for the ages.”—The Wall Street Journal

“The third, and concluding, volume of this enormous biographical project . . . reveals a complex figure who had a lasting and lastingly controversial impact on her country and on history.”—The New York Times Book Review (100 Notable Books of 2019)

“Meticulously detailed portrait . . . Moore tells a personal as well as political story not usually found in biographies of world leaders . . . A thoughtful, impeccably researched account . . . Moore gives everything he can in this complete and comprehensive work.”—Booklist

“Compelling and emotionally raw . . . Some parts have a novelistic quality rarely found in the careful pages of political biographies . . . Awesome scale and thoroughness . . . Grippingly portrayed  . . . Sharp.”—The Guardian


“Excellent . . . Moore’s Margaret Thatcher is one of the truly great biographies . . . Comprehensive and subtle, breaking new ground while being surefooted on familiar terrain. He provides a portrait of Thatcher that is surprising and fresh while still convincing. This volume completes a historical masterpiece.”—The Times (UK)