A MODERN PLUTARCH: COMPARISONS OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MODERN STATESMEN by Robert Lloyd George
A Modern Plutarch: Comparisons of the Most Influential Modern Statesmen by Robert Lloyd George
One of the most significant and enduring texts to have survived from the classical age is LIVES OF THE NOBLE GREEKS AND ROMANS, written by Plutarch in the first century AD. In the work, the man known as the "Father of Biography" paired the most notable and powerful figures of the classical world, placing their lives and legacies next to each other, allowing the comparisons to reveal new truths about these famous men.
In A MODERN PLUTARCH, Robert Lloyd George applies this model of biography to many of the most influential statesmen and stateswomen of American and British history. George compares figures such as Edmund Burke, a prophet of modern conservatism, and Thomas Paine, a champion for the common man. He juxtaposes Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln, two of the greatest wartime leaders of the past 200 years, and Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, the first divisive, the latter popular. In doing so, he draws parallels between their lives and philosophies while revealing the traits that made them unique.
The essential primer on leadership and an inspiring account of exceptional lives, A MODERN PLUTARCH breaths new life into historical biography and offers remarkable insight into some of the greatest minds of the modern era.
Overlook Duckworth, Hardcover, 1st Edition, 2016
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