Prime Movers

Ferdinand Mount has been fascinated by the great thinkers and politicians who have shaped human history over the past two millennia In this fascinating, and provocative book, he examines the proposals for a political theory from a number of widely different historical figures. Twelve key people , from the great orator and statesman of Ancient Greece ( Pericles ) to the inspiration of the founding of the state of Pakistan ( Muhammad Iqbal ) we take a colourful and rip-roaring journey through the