Conn Iggulden & David Iggulden - The Dangerous Book of Heroes Reviews

“The Dangerous Book of Heroes ”

Written on: 18/05/2010 by Harriet Klausner (18660 reviews written)

The Dangerous Book of Heroes
Conn Iggulden & David Iggulden
Morrow, Apr 2010, $26.99
ISBN: 9780061928246

The 36 biographical shorts are entertaining and insightful, but limited in scope as most of those highlighted are British males. There are several American entries (Washington, MLK, Helen Keller, Apollo 11, Sitting Bull, Iwo Jima and Flight 93, etc) and three other females (Cavell, Nightingale, and the SOE). Overall the selections seem reasonable though Anglo-American focused although... (read more)