Heroes
By Lucy Hughes-Hallett
By Lucy Hughes-Hallett
By Lucy Hughes-Hallett
By Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Category: Political Figure Biographies & Memoirs | World History
Category: Political Figure Biographies & Memoirs | World History
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$16.95
Dec 05, 2006 | ISBN 9781400079797
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Mar 24, 2010 | ISBN 9780307485908
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Praise
“One of the many virtues of Heroes is that it values the attraction of monumental history while underscoring its dangers. . . . An enthralling book that achieves a felicitous compromise between skepticism and wonder.” –The Wall Street Journal
“Wonderful. . . . A great treat. . . . Gloriously packed with meaningful curiosities, the kinds of things that make a historical moment flash into being.” –The Washington Post Book World
“Authoritative. . . . Artful. . . . [Hughes-Hallett] achieves a balanced and well-assessed survey, with nimble wit, wide knowledge and what seems like peerless insight.” –San Francisco Chronicle
“Hughes-Hallett is a wonderful writer and these stories—often-byzantine narratives of reversals and comebacks, schemes and counterschemes—are carried by the graceful vigor of her prose. . . . Thrilling and captivating.” –The Wilson Quarterly
Table Of Contents
Prologue
I: Achilles
II: Alcibiades
III: Cato
IV: El Cid
V: Francis Drake
VI: Wallenstein
VII: Garibaldi
VIII: Odysseus
Author’s Note
References
Bibliography
Index
Illustration Credits
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