Heroes: Saviours, Traitors and Supermen by Luct Hughes-Hallett: NEW 2004 First Ed Hardback

Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Publisher: Fourth Estate

Year published: 2004

Pagination: 604pp. illustrations

Condition: Some marks on top edge. Good in d/w

The author explores the ancient but politically potent phenomenon of hero-worship through the careers of eight extraordinary men: Achilles; Alcibiades; Cato; El Cid; Francis Drake; Wallenstein; Garibaldi and Odysseus.