Maggie: Her Fatal Legacy

Sergeant, John

ISBN 10: 1405005262 / ISBN 13: 9781405005265

Published by Macmillan, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Maggie: Her Fatal Legacy

Publisher: Macmillan

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

Maggie is John Sergeant's mordant analysis of Margaret Thatcher's career and, more importantly, the legacy she has left to the Conservative party, which he would argue has been little short of disastrous. Maggie takes us from the glory days of three successive election victories to the machinations that saw her departure from 10 Downing Street and to the years since, during which she has exerted a remarkable and sometimes baleful influence on the party she once led. Sergeant brings to bear his trademark wit and keen sense of the absurd but also his deep understanding of the British political arena and an insight born of thirty years reporting on events in Westminster. His access to those who worked for her, with her and against her is unique, from Michael Heseltine to Norman Tebbit, from John Major to Chris Patten and even Tony Blair. It is vintage Sergeant and indispensable to anyone wishing to understand Margaret Thatcher's enduring influence.

Review:

'Highly readable' -- Norman Lamont, Evening Standard, 14 February 2005

'Sergeant is an amusing and agreeable man, qualities found in this entertaining book' -- Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Daily Mail, 11 February 2005

'Vivid and illuminating...an important story and it needed telling' -- John Campell, Independent, 15 February 2005

'[Sergeant's] anecdotes and apercus are to the point...the cumulative effect is devastating' -- Christopher Silvester, Sunday Times, 30 January 2005