Marcia : the life of Lady Falkender
McDougall, Linda2022
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Over a decade before Margaret Thatcher swept to power, another Englishwoman was running Britain from 10 Downing Street: Marcia Williams was the first ever female political adviser to a Prime Minister, and she was said to have a powerful grip on her boss. Historian Ben Pimlott called the relationship between Marcia and Prime Minister Harold Wilson, 'the most famous and mysterious partnership in modern political history'. Labour Home Secretary Roy Jenkins said Marcia had the best brain and the highest courage of all Wilson's advisers. But the young, ambitious men she worked with believed she had the Prime Minister firmly in her control. They said she humiliated him in public and screamed at him behind closed doors. This biography of Marcia Williams examines the accusations and assumptions that were a constant accompaniment to her political career.
Main title:
Marcia : the life of Lady Falkender / by Linda McDougall.
Author:
McDougall, Linda, author
Imprint:
London : Biteback Publishing, 2022.
Collation:
352 pages
ISBN:
9781785907524 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.085092B/FALB FAL
LC class:
DA591
Local class:
941.085092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3117078
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