'Trust me: this is a fine book' Spectator
'The book tells us as much about Brown's own personal journey as it does about the courage of those he describes ... very moving' Guardian
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown explores the lives of eight outstanding twentieth-century figures, in order to better understand courage:
South African anti-apartheid icon and later President Nelson Mandela, jailed for his activism
Heroic nurse Edith Cavell, executed for her helping Allied soldiers to escape occupied Belgium
Anti-Nazi cleric Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed for his beliefs as Nazi Germany collapsed
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated for his efforts to end white supremacy
Politician Robert F. Kennedy, assassinated on the eve of the Democratic National Convention
Nurse Cicely Saunders, a founder of the hospice movement
Burmese civil rights leader and former President Aung San Suu Kyi, removed from power in a military coup
Diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust
These eight heroes are very different people, with very different strengths and frailties, but all share an extraordinary and inspirational courage that Brown celebrates in these fascinating and moving portraits.
