Margaret Thatcher: power and personality

The early years

The War, grammar school, and fighting her headmistress

Oxford, boyfriends, and political ambition

First steps in politics

Marriage, motherhood, and Finchley

First years in Parliament, 1959-1964

Front-bench opposition

Secretary of State for Education

Health on the ropes

Winning the leadership

Leader of the Opposition : a fragile beginning

Three frustrating years

Last lap to the election

The final ascent to No. 10

First moves as Prime Minister

The learning curve

First steps in foreign affairs

Storm clouds on the economy and in the Cabinet

The Falklands War I : the prelude

The Falklands War II : into the fighting

The Falklands War III : victory

After the Falklands

Stumbling into the second term

Terrorism, Ireland, and Hong Kong

Battling for Britain in Saudi Arabia

Unions and miners

Strengthening the special relationship with Ronald Reagan

Starting to win the Cold War - -Rumblings of discontent

Into the third term

Trouble with Nigel Lawson

Swinging towards Euroscepticism

Boiling over on Europe

Exit the Chancellor, enter the stalking horse

Countdown to the coup

End game

Exit

The agony after the fall

Snapshots of her retirement years.