Courage: Eight Portraits
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| Author | Gordon Brown |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Biography |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury |
| Publication date | 4 June 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Harback) |
| Pages | 288 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-0747565321 |
Courage: Eight Portraits is a book by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown about eight individuals whose very different lives he describes to explore the concept of courage. It was published on 4 June 2007, shortly before Brown became Prime Minister.
The eight subjects of the book are: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Edith Cavell, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Cicely Saunders, Aung San Suu Kyi and Raoul Wallenberg.[1] The book has been criticized for numerous factual errors, particularly in the section about Aung San Suu Kyi[2].
[edit] References
- ^ "Courage: Eight portraits" book cover at amazon.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-11-21.
- ^ Come on, Gordon, this is feeble London Evening Standard, May 16 2007
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