As young people get swept away by the soaring rhetoric of an affable grandpa from Vermont, the time is right for some ideological diversity by exploring the life of a trailblazing woman who showed a viable alternative to the misguided socialism advocated by Bernie Sanders.The new book Margaret Thatcher: At Her Zenith: In London, Washington and Moscow is the second volume in a trilogy by British journalist Charles Moore, the authorized biographer of the Iron Lady, and he does not disappoint. Contrasting with the 2011 film starring Meryl Streep, Moore gives full service to Thatcher at the height of her power — Britain’s first female prime minister who altered the course of her country’s history through her indomitable spirit and commitment to conservative principles.The book was 20 years in the making. Thatcher approved the biography in 1997 but requested that it not see publication until after her death. Thatcher died in 2013 and the first volume of Moore’s trilogy appeared last year. Moore was granted full access to all Thatcher’s papers, which he said was perhaps the most difficult part of his job — to sift through and find the untold gems.The book opens with Thatcher ascending to the world stage after the British victory in…
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