The Downing Street Years is a memoir of Margaret Thatcher, dealing with the time period from the very first day of her becoming the Prime Minister and moving into 10 Downing Street - the official house for Prime Ministers - to the last day of her position and moving out of the place. Being a memoir, this book has a highly subjective perception of Margaret Thatcher. One reason she decided to write this book could be to pass her experiences to later generation and to share her thoughts; another, however, could be to justify herself and her policies. In this book Thatcher does not focus on her being the first female Prime Minister of Britain and difficulties following; rather, she focuses on her public role as a Prime Minister and policies she came up with in the events between 1979 and 1990, her Prime Minister years. Among many events portrayed in the book, some major events worth mentioning in the Synopsis; Her first day in Downing street and appointment of the cabinet, victories she earned in three elections, the Falklands War, the Miners?