Margaret Thatcher - De l'epicerie a la Chambre des Lords, Paperback Book, By: Jean-Louis Thieriot

Winter 1979. Labor England is paralyzed by massive strikes. Electricity is often cut, bodies pile up in mortuaries, chaos sets in. On May 3, 1979, Margaret Thatcher was elected with a vigorous Conservative and Liberal program. Eleven years later, in November 1990, she was overthrown by her own party. His government was the longest of the twentieth century. Between these two dates, the United Kingdom is upset: unions silenced, exchange controls abolished, privatized economy, devastated old industries, growth in services. Abroad, whether in the Falklands, Europe, or around the world, the Union Jack has rediscovered its colors. Everywhere the "Iron Lady" makes her voice heard. This biography, the first published in France since 1991, highlights a reform that would have seemed unthinkable in 1979, but also a life that looks like a novel. Daughter of a small grocer from Grantham, Lady Thatcher ended up in the House of Lords filled with honors. This is the object of this book: to give an account of a destiny, a project and a policy with its successes and failures. In short, to give an account of a contested and questionable personality, but essential, and which does not cease to haunt our time. a policy with its successes and failures. In short, to give an account of a contested and questionable personality, but essential, and which does not cease to haunt our time. a policy with its successes and failures. In short, to give an account of a contested and questionable personality, but essential, and which does not cease to haunt our time.