- 2004 edition, 467 pages
- Published by Hodder & Stoughton, Great Britain
- Paperback; Format B
- Very good condition, near new
The Twentieth Century's Forgotten History-Makers. Index included and a few illustrations.
Bestselling author Erik Durschmied turns his acute eye for detail and narrative skills to some of those who have shaped history - but whose names are unknown to most of us. They are the 'Unsung Heroes'.
Here are instances of heroic deeds with no immediate witness - such as the Scholls' attempt in 1943 to raise thier nation's consciousness, suppressed by Hitler; the nuclear physicist Dr Louis Slotin whose heroism was not made public, because in 1946 'the bomb' was supposed to be fail-safe; the sergeant who in 1916 blundered into an 'impregnable fortress' and took it single-handedly.
These brave men and women were not inspired by a desire for glory. Some dared to stand up to injustice and some had to pay a bitter price for remaining loyal to their principles: all of them changed the course of history.
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