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In this enlightening and entertaining work, Paul Johnson continues his engaging history series. As he has done in previous books, he approaches the subject of heroism by example. Here are men and women from every age, walk of life, and corner of the world who have inspired and transformed their cultures and the world itself.
Heroes includes Samson, Judith, and Deborah; Alexander and Caesar; Henry V and Joan of Arc; Thomas More, Lady Jane Grey, and Mary Queen of Scots; Elizabeth I and Walter Raleigh; George Washington, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Nelson; Emily Dickinson; Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee; Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle; Mae West and Marilyn Monroe; Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Pope John Paul II. Title Info...Dedication. Introduction: What is a Hero. 1. God's Hero's: Deborah, Judith, Samson and David
2. Earthshakers: Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar
#. Feminist Five and Slaughter: Boudica
4. Exemplary Heroes: Henry V and Joan of Arc
5. Heroism in the Age of the Axe: St. Thomas More, Lady Jane Grey, Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I. and Sir Walter Ralegh
5. Heroism in the Age of the Axe: cont
6. In the Roar of the Cannon's Mouth: Washington, Nelson and Wellington
7. Tortured Heroism in a Man's World: Jane Welsh Carlyle and Emily Dickinson
8. Two Kinds of Nobility: Lincoln and Lee
9. Cerebral Heroism: Ludwig Wittgenstein
10. The Heroism of the Hostess: Lady Pamala Berry et al.
11. A Generous Hero and a Heroic Monster: Churchill and de Gaulle
12. Heroin Behind the Greasepaint: Mae West and Marilyn Monroe
13. The Heroic Trinity Who Tamed the Bear: Reagan, Thatcher and John Paul II
Epilogue: Any Future for Heroism?
"Contains fascinating facts and insights…informative and entertaining."
"Narrator James Adams has a formal-sounding British accent that feels appropriate to the material."
Heroes includes Samson, Judith, and Deborah; Alexander and Caesar; Henry V and Joan of Arc; Thomas More, Lady Jane Grey, and Mary Queen of Scots; Elizabeth I and Walter Raleigh; George Washington, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Nelson; Emily Dickinson; Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee; Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle; Mae West and Marilyn Monroe; Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Pope John Paul II. Title Info...Dedication. Introduction: What is a Hero. 1. God's Hero's: Deborah, Judith, Samson and David
2. Earthshakers: Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar
#. Feminist Five and Slaughter: Boudica
4. Exemplary Heroes: Henry V and Joan of Arc
5. Heroism in the Age of the Axe: St. Thomas More, Lady Jane Grey, Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I. and Sir Walter Ralegh
5. Heroism in the Age of the Axe: cont
6. In the Roar of the Cannon's Mouth: Washington, Nelson and Wellington
7. Tortured Heroism in a Man's World: Jane Welsh Carlyle and Emily Dickinson
8. Two Kinds of Nobility: Lincoln and Lee
9. Cerebral Heroism: Ludwig Wittgenstein
10. The Heroism of the Hostess: Lady Pamala Berry et al.
11. A Generous Hero and a Heroic Monster: Churchill and de Gaulle
12. Heroin Behind the Greasepaint: Mae West and Marilyn Monroe
13. The Heroic Trinity Who Tamed the Bear: Reagan, Thatcher and John Paul II
Epilogue: Any Future for Heroism?
"Contains fascinating facts and insights…informative and entertaining."
"Narrator James Adams has a formal-sounding British accent that feels appropriate to the material."