Author | Gordon Brown |
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Language | English |
Subject | Biography |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Publisher | Bloomsbury |
Publication date | 4 June 2007 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (Harback) |
Pages | 288 pp |
ISBN | 978-0-7475-6532-1 |
OCLC | 51623312 |
Courage: Eight Portraits is a non-fiction book by former British prime minister Gordon Brown. Published in 2007, it comprises short biographical accounts of the lives of eight notable individuals, drawn together as an exploration of the concept of courage.
The eight subjects of the book are Aung San Suu Kyi, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Edith Cavell, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Cicely Saunders, and Raoul Wallenberg.