{"product_id":"9781408721681-gimsons-heroes","title":"Gimson's Heroes","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGimson's great British heroes .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant compendium of Britain's most renowned heroes from Boudicca to Mandela, illustrated by Martin Rowson.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeroes have flaws, but their stories stir the soul. In \u003ci\u003eGimson's Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author Andrew Gimson traces the lives of fifty astonishing individuals who had the courage to defy conventional wisdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Horatio Nelson disobeying orders to Lord Byron scandalising polite society; Grace Darling rowing through a deadly storm to Florence Nightingale teaching the British how to nurse - these icons are no mere monuments of history, but living, breathing people of daring and defiance. Here are stories of resolve and sacrifice: Wallace Hartley plays on as the Titanic goes down, Noor Inayat Khan refuses to flee from occupied France, Stan Hollis storms an enemy pillbox and Nelson Mandela brings down the white regime in South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA hero, Gimson concludes, is someone with the courage, originality and genius to see what must be done - and to dare to do it, no matter the cost. Complemented by Martin Rowson's uniquely charming illustrations, \u003ci\u003eGimson's Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e is a witty, fascinating and lively celebration of the extraordinary legacies of those who went further than most would ever dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fifty Heroes included in the book are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoudicca c.25-60\/61 AD\u003cbr\u003e  Alfred the Great 848-899\u003cbr\u003e  King Harold c.1022-1066\u003cbr\u003e   Robert the Bruce 1274-1329 \u003cbr\u003e  Julian of Norwich 1342-1416\u003cbr\u003e  Owain Glyndŵr c.1359 - c.1415 \u003cbr\u003e  Bess of Hardwick c.1522 or 1527-1608\u003cbr\u003e  Queen Elizabeth I 1533-1603\u003cbr\u003e  Sir Francis Drake 1540-1596\u003cbr\u003e  Sir Walter Raleigh 1552-1618\u003cbr\u003e  Sir Philip Sidney 1554-1586\u003cbr\u003e  William Shakespeare 1564-1616\u003cbr\u003e  George Herbert 1593-1633\u003cbr\u003e  Gerrard Winstanley 1609-1676\u003cbr\u003e  Prince Rupert of the Rhine 1619-1682\u003cbr\u003e  Robert Boyle 1627-1691\u003cbr\u003e  Thomas Coram 1668-1751\u003cbr\u003e  Samuel Johnson 1709-1784\u003cbr\u003e  James Wolfe 1727-1759\u003cbr\u003e  Edmund Burke 1729-1797\u003cbr\u003e  James Boswell 1740-1795\u003cbr\u003e  Thomas Telford 1757-1834\u003cbr\u003e  Horatio Nelson 1758-1805\u003cbr\u003e  Mary Wollstonecraft 1759-1797\u003cbr\u003e  Thomas Clarkson 1760-1846\u003cbr\u003e  Jane Austen 1775-1817\u003cbr\u003e  Elizabeth Fry 1780-1845\u003cbr\u003e  George Stephenson 1781-1848\u003cbr\u003e  Lord Byron 1788-1824\u003cbr\u003e  Lord Shaftesbury 1801-1885\u003cbr\u003e   Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881\u003cbr\u003e   Isambard Kingdom Brunel 1806-1859 \u003cbr\u003e  Charles Dickens 1812-1870 \u003cbr\u003e  David Livingstone 1813-1873\u003cbr\u003e   Grace Darling 1815-1842 \u003cbr\u003e   Prince Albert 1819-1861 \u003cbr\u003e  Florence Nightingale 1820-1910 \u003cbr\u003e  Octavia Hill 1838-1912\u003cbr\u003e   Fred Burnaby 1842-1885 \u003cbr\u003e  Ernest Shackleton 1874-1922 \u003cbr\u003e  Sir Winston Churchill 1874-1965\u003cbr\u003e  Wallace Hartley 1878-1912 \u003cbr\u003e  Ernest Bevin 1881-1951\u003cbr\u003e  The Unknown Warrior died c. 1914\u003cbr\u003e  John Betjeman 1906-1984 \u003cbr\u003e  Stan Hollis 1912-1972 \u003cbr\u003e  Michael Wharton 1913-2006\u003cbr\u003e  Noor Inayat Khan 1914-1944 \u003cbr\u003e   Prince Alexander Obolensky 1916-1940 \u003cbr\u003e  Nelson Mandela 1918-2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the three previous Gimson books:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGimson's Kings \u0026amp; Queens: Brief Lives of the Monarchs since 1066 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most entertaining and instructive book on the English monarchy you will ever read' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGimson's Prime Ministers: Brief Lives from Walpole to Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The best general book on British politics I've ever come across. Learned, witty and wise, and splendidly illustrated by Martin Rowson' Tibor Fischer, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGimson's Presidents: Brief Lives from Washington to Trump\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is history at its liveliest and most enjoyable. Most presidential biographies are abominably long-winded and reverential. With miniaturist wit and precision, Gimson manages to compress all the salient facts about each president into five or six pages, while offering beautifully crafted insights into their characters and temperaments .There is something fascinating or funny on every page' Craig Brown,\u003ci\u003e Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55472427073910,"sku":"9781408721681","price":23.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34582025_f70fe0a6-0875-4d26-9053-f0a9d5dba94e.jpg?v=1748465714","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781408721681-gimsons-heroes","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}