PART ONE
CHAPTER I
A Provincial Childhood
Grantham 1925 to 1943
CHAPTER II
Gowns-woman
Oxford 1943 to 1947
CHAPTER III
House Bound
Marriage, Family, Law and Politics 1947–1959
CHAPTER IV
The Outer Circle
Backbencher and junior minister 1959–1964
CHAPTER V
A World of Shadows
Opposition 1964–1970
CHAPTER VI
Teacher’s Pest
The Department of Education 1970–1974
CHAPTER VII
No End of a Lesson
The Heath Government 1970–1974
CHAPTER VIII
Seizing the Moment
The October 1974 general election and the campaign for the Tory Leadership
CHAPTER IX
A Bumpy Ride
Leader of the Opposition February 1975–March 1977
CHAPTER X
Détente or Defeat?
Foreign policy and visits 1975–1979
CHAPTER XI
Apprenticeship for Power
Leader of the Opposition March 1977 to March 1979
CHAPTER XII
Just One Chance…
The 1979 general election campaign
PART TWO
Beginning Again
CHAPTER XIII
Bruges or Brussels?
Policy towards Europe
CHAPTER XIV
New World Disorder
Foreign policy and defence
CHAPTER XV
Virtue’s Rewards
Policies to strengthen the family, curb welfare dependency and reduce crime
CHAPTER XVI
Promoting the Free-Enterprise Revolution
Economic policy
Epilogue
APPENDIX I
Speech by Rt Hon Mrs Margaret Thatcher OM FRS to the Global Panel in The Hague, Friday 15 May 1992
APPENDIX II
Political Chronology 1955–1979
APPENDIX III
Shadow Cabinet 1975–79
Index
Acknowledgements
Copyright
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