Brief reading list
The Downing Street Years (1993)
Memoirs of the premiership, 1979-90
The Path to Power (1995)
Memoirs 1925-79
Statecraft (2002) [486pp]
Reflections on international affairs
The Grocer's Daughter (2000) [512pp]
Covers the years 1925-79: first volume of a two volume biography by one of Britain's most successful political biographers, ending at her appointment to the premiership
The Iron Lady (2003) [913pp]
Second volume covers MT after 1979
The View from No. 11 (1992)
Energy Secretary, 1981-83; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1983-89: indispensable account of policy-making in the Thatcher governments and of the bitter dispute over membership of the ERM, from Lawson's perspective
Thatcher's Diplomacy: The Revival of British Foreign Policy
(First edition 1997; second edition (with new preface), 1999) [269pp]
A brief and original study of Margaret Thatcher's impact on British foreign policy
The Official History of the Falklands War (2005) [two volumes]
A massive study of the war based on privileged access to closed British Government files
Signals of War: The Falklands Conflict of 1982 (1990) [476pp]
Until publication of the Official History (above) this was the best study of the war, and particularly of political and diplomatic decision-making on both sides; based on extensive interviews with political and military participants in Britain, Argentina and the United States
Memories of Maggie (2000) [310pp]
Brief, anecdotal sketches of MT's character and outlook by friends & colleagues
Below the Parapet (1996) [303pp]
Readable personal biography of DT by his daughter Carol