Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) - Hardcover

Goodwin, Doris Kearns

 
9781410457905: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series)

Synopsis

An analysis of Abraham Lincoln's political talents identifies the character strengths and abilities that enabled his successful election above three accomplished candidates, in an account that inspired the November 2012 film Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg. (biography & autobiography).

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A wonderful book ... a remarkable study in leadership (Barack Obama)

The most uplifting book that I have read in the last two decades. Sensational (Jon Snow)

I have not enjoyed a history book as much for years (Robert Harris The Observer (Books of the Year))

A fabulously engrossing, exciting narrative in the grand old style ... overflowing with colour and character (Dominic Sandbrook)

A brilliant book ... I couldn't get enough of it (Alex Ferguson)

Goodwin's narrative abilities are on full display here. A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius (Michiko Kakutani New York Times)

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"Endlessly absorbing. [A] lovingly rendered and
masterfully fashioned book"

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