Whatever it Takes (Paperback)

Paperback. What do Julius Caesar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Thomas More and , Pope Innocent III all share? What eanbled a deaf Beethoven, a blind Milton, a syphilitic Schubert and a certifiable Virginia Woolf to create memorable masterpieces?Peter Deakin takes a new ;ook at heroic leaders - leaders who used their power to inflict suffering and death. And a new look at geniuses, who endured misery as the price of their creativity. ahis bold analysis shows how they summoned Whatever It Takes - letting nothing stand in the way as they left indelible marks on the world.In war, government, art, literature and music, he finds high achievers calling on strengths that perhaps we all possess to some degreeEveryone knows names like Lincoln and Van Gogh. But the Altamira cave painters are forever anonymous, and who remembers cruel Queen Ranavalona? Yet the evidence assembled here, even about the best known names , will shock and entertain every reader. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…