The Path to PowerThe extraordinary account of Margaret Thatchers life up to her dramatic election as the first woman Prime Minister of England in 1979. Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late twentieth century British politics. This is the story of her remarkable life in her own words. In this second volume of her memoirs, following The Downing Street Years, she writes candidly about the experiences that propelled her to the very top in a man's world.