Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Heroes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Beginning beneath the walls of Troy and culminating in 1930s Europe, a magisterial exploration of the nature of heroism in Western civilization. In this riveting and insightful cultural history, Lucy Hughes-Hallett brings to life eight exceptional men from history and myth to explore our timeless need for heroes. As she re-creates these extraordinary lives, Hughes-Hallett illuminates the attractions and dangers of hero worship. This is a fascinating book about dictatorship and democracy, seduction and mass hysteria, politics and culture, and the tensions between being good and being great.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 202mm x 132mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781400079797
• ISBN-10: 1400079799
• Artikelnr.: 21673833

Autorenporträt

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Inhaltsangabe

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