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Twelve Against the Gods

Twelve Against the Gods

Bolitho, William

Paperback

Adventurers & ExplorersReligion General General World History

ISBN10: 1635765390
ISBN13: 9781635765397
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: Sep 25 2018
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
It's really quite good. - Elon Musk Twelve Against the Gods was an instant bestseller when it first published in 1929. In his trademark journalist style, author William Bolitho details the lives of twelve great adventurers--Alexander the Great, Casanova, Christopher Columbus, Mahomet, Lola Montez, Cagliostro (and Seraphina), Charles XII of Sweden, Napoleon I, Lucius Sergius Catiline, Napoleon III, Isadora Duncan, and Woodrow Wilson. Bolitho shines light on both the struggles and successes that made these figures so iconic, and demonstrates how they all battled convention and conformity to achieve enduring fame and notoriety. We are born adventurers, Bolitho writes, and the love of adventures never leaves us till we are very old; old, timid men, in whose interest it is that adventure should quite die out. This is why all the poets are on one side, and all the laws on the other; for laws are made by, and usually for, old men. Though his essays are nearly one hundred years old, they encompass the timeless values of perseverance, bravery, and strength of spirit that have proven to resonate with the pioneers and thought leaders of today.

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