Author

Publication

2020-07-28 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Language

English

Word Count

88,000 words, Guess

Page Count

352 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100374207925
  • ISBN-139780374207922
  • Library of Congress Control Number2019056126
  • OCLC Control Number1119750649
  • Better World Books9780374207922
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCCT118.B45 2020
  • LCCCT118 .B45 2020

Description

"A group biography of Pasquale Paoli, George Washington, Toussaint Louverture, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Simon Bolivar with an emphasis on charismatic leadership."-- A group biography of Pasquale Paoli, George Washington, Toussaint Louverture, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Simon Bolivar with an emphasis on charismatic leadership. Bell argues that the history of democracy is inextricable from the history of charisma. He shows how political leadership was reinvented for a revolutionary world eager to do without kings and queens. -- adapted from jacket

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Men on Horseback: The Power of Charisma in the Age of RevolutionHardcoverFarrar, Straus and Giroux2020-07-28

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