Courage

'Trust me: this is a fine book' Spectator 'The book tells us as much about Brown's own personal journey as it does about the courage of those he describes ... very moving' Guardian Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown explores the lives of eight outstanding twentieth-century figures, in order to better understand courage: South African anti-apartheid icon and later President Nelson Mandela, jailed for his activism Heroic nurse Edith Cavell, executed for her helping Allied soldiers to escape occupied Belgium Anti-Nazi cleric Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed for his beliefs as Nazi Germany collapsed Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated for his efforts to end white supremacy Politician Robert F. Kennedy, assassinated on the eve of the Democratic National Convention Nurse Cicely Saunders, a founder of the hospice movement Burmese civil rights leader and former President Aung San Suu Kyi, removed from power in a military coup Diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust These eight heroes are very different people, with very different strengths and frailties, but all share an extraordinary and inspirational courage that Brown celebrates in these fascinating and moving portraits.