Allen Lane and Knopf will simultaneously publish the first volume of Margaret Thatcher’s authorized biography, written by Charles Moore, “immediately following her funeral.” The biography of the former British prime minister, who died Monday at the age of 87, was commissioned in 1997 with the proviso that it would only be published after her death. (Volume one is called NOT FOR TURNING; the second and final volume, which Moore is currently working on, will be called HERSELF ALONE.) Moore was given full access to Thatcher’s private papers, and interviewed her extensively: “she supported all his requests for interviews with others, […]
