Margaret, Daughter of Beatrice: Politician's Psycho-biography of

Please read item description\nMARGARET, DAUGHTER OF BEATRICE\nA POLITICIAN\u2019S PSYCHO-BIOGRAPHY OF MARGARET THATCHER\n(LEO ABSE)\nPublished to coincide with both the\nLabour Party conference and the Conservative Party conference in the tenth year\nof the Prime Minister's reign in office, this book traces the continuing public\nconsequences of Thatcher's relationship with her mother, whom she repudiates so\nbrutally.\nThis is the story of how a bleak early\nfamily life have, to the detriment of the nation, left the Prime Minister a\ndriven woman, forever desperately working out her private travails on the\npublic stage. Abse's insights illuminate\nthe compulsive psychological needs which distort the Prime Minister's decision\nmaking and which he claims determine the sado-masochistic relationship between\nThatcher and a large section of the electorate.\nThe author, Leo Abse, was a Labour MP\nfor Pontypool between 1958 and 1987.\n\nThis\n1989 edition hardback publication is in .