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Heroes & villains : inside the minds of the greatest warriors in history / Frank McLynn.

Title
  1. Heroes & villains : inside the minds of the greatest warriors in history / Frank McLynn.
Published by
  1. London : BBC, 2007.
Author
  1. McLynn, Frank.

Details

Additional authors
  1. BBC One (Television station : London, England)
Description
  1. 384 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 25 cm.
Alternative title
  1. Heroes and villains
Subject
  1. Command of troops
  2. Leadership
Contents
  1. Spartacus : the gladiator who brought Rome to its knees -- Attila the Hun : The Mafioso-warrior -- Richard the Lionheart : England's greatest warrior-king -- Cortés : the renegade conquistador -- Tokugawa Ieyasu : Japan's legendary Shogun -- Napoleon : the master tactician and military genius -- The warrior mind : the psychology of warriors.
Note
  1. "Published to accompany the televsion series entitled Heroes & Villains, first broadcast on BBC1 in 2007."-- T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-369) and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain