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There have been many biographies of Margaret Thatcher, but only one other biographer which had direct access to her private letters. Here, Tina Gaudoin explains why being a woman meant that she was able to read between the lines
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argaret Thatcher has never been a neutral subject. Even now, three decades after she left Downing Street, her name alone can turn a polite dinner into a bar-room brawl. Whisper it in Yorkshire and you’ll likely receive a plethora of expletives. Drop it into conversation in Chelsea and you may still be asked to rise for a toast. She is a politician who has become a myth, and a caricature, but also conversely, for many – an icon. And yet, for all the noise, there’s a startling lack of curiosity about Margaret Thatcher. I’m not talking about her as“The Iron Lady” – a tower of toughness, stripped of nuance and femininity – there’s plenty of that. No. I’m talking about her as a woman first and a politician second.
