Genre: Biography
Writer: John Campbell
The first woman prime minister of England has garnered a lot of attention all her life. This book which is the first part of her biography captures her life en route to becoming the prime minister.
Her childhood is described in an uninteresting fashion and her life at Oxford seems to be never ending. By the end of the book I had a feeling that she achieved everything just by chance, which obviously can't be the case. But in spite of such a narrative I found the character pretty intriguing more so because she seemed to be non-deterrent during her worst crisis. Her personal life is touched upon a little. But that has always been a topic of contention for long now.
It's a HUGE book and consists of mostly dates and statistics. The EQ is missing which makes it a very dull read. I mean I usually find biographies interesting but this one took efforts to finish. And to imagine I have to complete another volume. I wonder if her autobiography would have been more interesting. Anyone who has read that please do drop in a comment. For others I suggest to skip this one.
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