Full name: Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle

Author: Paul Johnson Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780061143175 0061143170

A galaxy of legendary figures from the annals of Western historyIn this enlightening and entertaining work, Paul Johnson, the bestselling author of Intellectuals and Creators, approaches the subject of heroism with stirring examples of men and women from every age, walk of life, and corner of the planet who have inspired and transformed not only their own cultures but the entire world as well.Heroes includes:Samson, Judith, and Deborah • Henry V and Joan of Arc • Elizabeth I and Walter Raleigh • George Washington, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Nelson • Emily Dickinson • Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee • Mae West and Marilyn Monroe • Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Pope John Paul II Similar books: Nelson and Emma by Roger Hudson Genghis Khan by Leo de Hartog God's Englishman by Christopher Hill Attila The Hun by John Man Twilight of the Habsburgs by Alan Palmer Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley A Study of History by Arnold J. Toynbee Heroes of History by Will Durant Mankind and Mother Earth by Arnold J. Toynbee 1001 People Who Made America by Alan Axelrod Peoples and Empires by Anthony Pagden Columbus Was Last by Patrick Huyghe Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker, 1848-1999 by Niall Ferguson Arbella by Sarah Gristwood