Kwasi Kwarteng was born in London to Ghanaian parents. He has a PhD in History from Cambridge University and is the Member of Parliament for Spelthorne in Surrey. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Ghosts of Empire and War and Gold. Thatcher's Trial is his third book.
Reviews
Enormously readable ... so engagingly written that readers of all political persuasions should enjoy it * Sunday Times on War and Gold * A meaty, thoughtful and well-written book * Literary Review on War and Gold * A searing study of how the Spanish conquistadors introduced conflict for the sake of wealth which shows that money and battle remain inseparable * Independent on War and Gold * A complicated story well told, from which financial lessons emerge naturally * Financial Times on War and Gold * Well written. To avoid the trap of being wise a generation after the events, he has relied throughout on contemporary documents, memoirs and newspapers to form a clear idea of how Margaret Thatcher was seen in 1981 -- Andy McSmith * Independent * Sharply focused * Literary Review * Where Kwarteng ... scores ahead of other chroniclers is in understanding and describing the moral certainties that drove Thatcher -- Philip Webster * The Times *
