Shaping History: 100 Great Leaders
Oct 2012 · Arcturus Publishing
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Great leaders make an impact: they challenge beliefs and change the way things are done; they shape the course of history. Some are born leaders, the vast majority become leaders. Most achieve fame and recognition in their lifetime; a few die unrecognised, leaving their legacy to shine after they have gone.
Not all these hundred great leaders were worldly, not all were virtuous and some were even seriously flawed, but they all made a difference to the world in which we live; for better, and at times for worse, men and women chose to follow them.
From the founders of religions, to reformers and explorers, statesmen and military commanders, revolutionaries and businessmen, these are stories of the determination and courage, selfishness and self-sacrifice, humility and egoism, greed and generosity, genius and luck, imagination and innovation that transformed these hundred men and women into great leaders.
Not all these hundred great leaders were worldly, not all were virtuous and some were even seriously flawed, but they all made a difference to the world in which we live; for better, and at times for worse, men and women chose to follow them.
From the founders of religions, to reformers and explorers, statesmen and military commanders, revolutionaries and businessmen, these are stories of the determination and courage, selfishness and self-sacrifice, humility and egoism, greed and generosity, genius and luck, imagination and innovation that transformed these hundred men and women into great leaders.
About the author
Brain Mooney is a prize-winning journalist and author who read History and Modern Languages at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was for many years a bureau chief and senior correspondent for Reuters, reporting from more than 50 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa. Mooney's other books include Breaking News, on how things went badly wrong at Reuters, and Plain Indulgence, an account of a 1500-mile pilgrimage on foot from Walsingham in Norfolk to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. A mountain climber and ocean sailor, Mooney is also a Common Councilman in the City of London.
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