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World Heroes, bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents his personal selection of the 100 most heroic figures from the pages of world history. Emperors and queens, soldiers and statesmen, religious leaders and philosophers rub shoulders with composers and poets, scientists and explorers, artists and storytellers from three millennia. All are united not just by what they did in their own lifetimes, but also by the enduring legacy they have bequeathed to the sum of human experience and achievement. The book is illustrated throughout with maps, diagrams, paintings and photographs, and an appendix celebrates a further 100 individual deeds of heroism with a special claim to immortality.

The heroes include: Ramses the Great Leonardo da Vinci Albert Einstein King Solomon Elizabeth I of England Winston Churchill The Buddha Tokugawa Ieyasu M. K. Gandhi Aristotle William Shakespeare F.D. Roosevelt Alexander the Great Thomas Jefferson David Ben Gurion Hannibal Voltaire George Orwell Jesus Napoleon Bonaparte Elvis Presley Marcus Aurelius Horatio Nelson J. F. Kennedy Mohammed Duke of Wellington John Paul II Charlemagne Abraham Lincoln Nelson Mandela Leo Tolstoy Charles Darwin.

Reviews:

• Fantastic! Very comprehensive, yet concise. Some people I wouldn’t quite call ‘Heroes’, but mostly very good choices! Excellent explanation of context, characters and achievements.

• Looking to be inspired by the great heroes of history? Then this is not the book for you. The two main reasons are: 1/ The author often confuses “hero” with “influential person”. Check out the list of people in the product description. Sure, there are some real heroes in there, but carefully note how many are not, or at best, highly subjective (I guess Thatcher is a heroine for many bankers). 2/ As for the real heroes in the list, one might expect it easy for an author to write descriptions that energize and entertain the reader. Unfortunately, they read like obituaries written by a depressed accountant. Seek an alternative book instead – that’s what I’m about to do now. Learn from my mistake. 🙂

Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore (born 27 June 1965) is a British historian, television presenter and author of history books and novels, including Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (2003), Jerusalem: The Biography (2011), The Romanovs 1613–1918 (2016), and The World: A Family History of Humanity (2022).