The story of Margaret Thatcher's
post-premiership years is a tale of high drama and low farce, with, at its
heart, one extraordinary woman.
Margaret Thatcher enjoyed perhaps one of the
most consequential political afterlives in British history. No longer in office
but never really out of power, she was not only one of the most impactful Prime
Ministers the UK has ever had; she was also one of the most impactful former
Prime Ministers the UK has ever had. British politics today undoubtedly
reflects Thatcher's time in No. 10, but it is also shaped by her later life and
how people reacted and still react to it.
To mark the centenary of her birth, Margaret
Thatcher: Life After Downing Street provides a radical reassessment of how
Thatcher's premier emeritus years have been viewed to date. Covering the four
main areas of her work after Downing Street - philosophy, party, policy and
performance - and analysing her continued and continuing influence on the
Conservative leaders and Prime Ministers of all parties who followed her, it
demonstrates why, however small the politics may or may not have got since
1990, Margaret Thatcher is still big.
Hardback | 336 pages | Published July 2025
