Team Of Rivals: The Political Genius Of Abraham Lincoln

Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin

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  • : 36.00 NZD
  • : 9780141043722
  • : Penguin UK
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  • : January 2009
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  • : February 2013
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Description

A New York Times BestsellerBasis for the movie LincolnOn May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited for the results from the Republican National Convention. Lincoln won, Goodwin demonstrates, because of his extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men. It was this capacity that enabled Lincoln as president to bring his disgruntled opponents together and marshal their talents to the task of preserving the union and winning the war.

Reviews

'A wonderful book... a remarkable study in leadership' - Barack Obama 'I have not enjoyed a history book as much for years. To escape to Lincoln's sublime rhetoric and magnanimity is a pure delight' - Robert Harris, The Observer (Books of the Year) 'Goodwin's narrative abilities are on full display here. A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius' - Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

Author description

Doris Kearns Goodwin is the doyenne of US presidential historians, and one of the most acclaimed non-fiction authors in the world. She won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995.