Prime Movers : The real stories of twelve great thinkers from Pericles to Gandhi

Prime Movers : The real stories of twelve great thinkers from Pericles to GandhiAuthor: Mount, Ferdinand World history Published on 3 October 2019 by Simon & Schuster Ltd in the United Kingdom. Paperback 448 pages, 8pp 4 4 plates 194 x 120 x 29 326g Ferdinand Mount has been fascinated by the great thinkers and politicians who have shaped human history over the past two millennia In this fascinating, and provocative book, he examines the proposals for a political theory from a number of widely different historical figures. Twelve

Published on 30 May 2019 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Black Swan) in the United Kingdom

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