Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln
Goodwin, Doris Kearns2013
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In this monumental biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin studies Abraham Lincoln's mastery of men. She shows how he saved Civil War-torn America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions, making them achieve his vision for peace.Team of Rivals is a brilliant, multi-million selling biography, now the inspiration for a major Stephen Spielberg film starring Daniel Day-Lewis '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 Team of Rivals shows how Abraham Lincoln saved Civil War-torn America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. 'I have not enjoyed a history book as much for years' Robert Harris 'A brilliant book ... I couldn't get enough of it' Sir Alex Ferguson 'A fabulously engrossing, exciting narrative in the grand old style ... overflowing with colour and character' Dominic Sandbrook 'A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
Main title:
Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln / Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2013.
Collation:
xix, 916 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Film tie-in.Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005; London: Penguin, 2009.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241966082 (pbk)
Dewey class:
973.709973.7973.7092920
Language:
English
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BRN:
1996388