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In History's People internationally acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan gives her own personal selection of figures of the past, women and men, some famous and some little-known, who stand out for her. Some have changed the course of history and even directed the currents of their times. Others are memorable for being risk-takers, adventurers, or observers. She looks at the concept of leadership through Bismarck and the unification of Germany; William Lyon MacKenzie King and the preservation of the Canadian Federation; Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the bringing of a unified United States into the Second World War. She also notes how leaders can make huge and often destructive mistakes, as in the cases of Hitler, Stalin, and Thatcher. Richard Nixon and Samuel de Champlain are examples of daring risk-takers who stubbornly went their own ways, often in defiance of their own societies. Then there are the dreamers, explorers, and adventurers, individuals like Fanny Parkes and Elizabeth Simcoe who manage to defy or ignore the constraints of their own societies. Finally, there are the observers, such as Babur, the first Mughal emperor of India, and Victor Klemperer, a Holocaust survivor, who kept the notes and diaries that bring the past to life.
History's People is about the important and complex relationship between biography and history, individuals and their times."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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"[O]ne of our era's most talented historians." -- Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State
"[O]ne of our era s most talented historians. Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State"
"A concise, educational overview of some of the men and women who have carved out spots in the annals of history and why they should be remembered. Fans of the author are in for another treat." -- "Kirkus"
"MacMillan deftly and engagingly shows that history is a process of capturing the minutiae of life as much as time s epic strokes." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review.
"A concise, educational overview of some of the men and women who have carved out spots in the annals of history and why they should be remembered. Fans of the author are in for another treat." -- Kirkus
"Avoiding arid timelines, MacMillan, an Oxford professor, instead provides intimate human encounters. She seems to love sifting through the revealing details. 'I want to gossip, ' she confesses and so do we." -- The New York Times "
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New from the author of The War that Ended Peace: vivid accounts of the men and women who shaped history
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- PublisherHouse of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1487001371
- ISBN 13 9781487001377
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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