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Team of Rivals is a brilliant, multi-million selling biography, now the inspiration for a major Stephen Spielberg film starring Daniel Day-Lewis 'A wonderful book . . . a remarkable study in leadership' Barack Obama 'The most uplifting book that I have read in the last two decades. Sensational' Jon Snow Team of Rivals shows how Abraham Lincoln saved Civil War-torn America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. 'I have not enjoyed a history book as much for years' Robert Harris 'A brilliant book ... I couldn't get enough of it' Sir Alex Ferguson 'A fabulously engrossing, exciting narrative in the grand old style ... overflowing with colour and character' Dominic Sandbrook 'A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
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Lincoln. Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
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- Released
- 2012
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0241966086
- ISBN13
- 9780241966082
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Political Science & Politics, Politics, Politicians' Biographies, American History, Civil War, Presidents, Case Studies
- First published
- 2005
- Original title
- Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- Rating
- 4.55 out of 5
- Description
- Team of Rivals is a brilliant, multi-million selling biography, now the inspiration for a major Stephen Spielberg film starring Daniel Day-Lewis 'A wonderful book . . . a remarkable study in leadership' Barack Obama 'The most uplifting book that I have read in the last two decades. Sensational' Jon Snow Team of Rivals shows how Abraham Lincoln saved Civil War-torn America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. 'I have not enjoyed a history book as much for years' Robert Harris 'A brilliant book ... I couldn't get enough of it' Sir Alex Ferguson 'A fabulously engrossing, exciting narrative in the grand old style ... overflowing with colour and character' Dominic Sandbrook 'A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times