{"product_id":"below-the-parapet-paperback","title":"Below the Parapet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Thatcher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Denis and Margaret Thatcher met on a blind date in 1949, he never dreamed that he would become the consort to the first woman prime minister. He fulfilled this role with tact, humour and charm but remained a private man. This biography, written by his daughter, tells of his extraordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of his retirement from a successful business career, Denis Thatcher became Britain's first male prime ministerial consort, mixing daily with some of the most powerful people in the world. 'Below the Parapet' is the story of his extraordinary life, as only his daughter could tell it. It is also a riveting account of more than a decade of political triumph and turmoil, told from a totally unique perspective, offering an honest and highly entertaining insight into the Thatcher years as seen from the inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There are scores of hilarious anecdotes, all crisply related... Carol Thatcher has done more than capture her father, she has by faithfully rendering him, caught all the cadences of a type of Englishman... In capturing their standard bearer from fiction and making him flesh and blood Carol Thatcher has done that generation, and posterity, a service.\"\u003cbr\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carol Thatcher has skilfully woven some of her mother's adventures into the narrative to illustrate the part her father played at critical moments. In doing so she has in several areas told us more than her mother Margaret Thatcher revealed about herself in two long volumes of autobiography\"\u003cbr\u003eW.F. DEEDES, 'Telegraph'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Unpretentious and enthralling\"\u003cbr\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An essential addition to the Thatcher bibliography\"\u003cbr\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Highly readable\"\u003cbr\u003eRICHARD INGRAMS, 'Evening Standard'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sensitive and funny\"\u003cbr\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 364\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724895162431,"sku":"9780006384588","price":16.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7feaea3aaea966f9398a2558a4061659.webp?v=1765104296","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/below-the-parapet-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}