From the #1 bestselling author of "Travelers and Explorers That Pushed the Boundaries of the Known World" comes an exciting new book on historical figures that overcame unimaginable adversity and the inspirational stories they have left behind for us. Whether it is household names like John Rockefeller (who became the world's first billionaire despite growing up in a log cabin with a bigamist father), Winston Churchill (a has-been politician with a stutter who became England's salvation in World War Two), William the Conqueror (the bastard child of a peasant who conquered England in 1066) or...
From the #1 bestselling author of "Travelers and Explorers That Pushed the Boundaries of the Known World" comes an exciting new book on historical fig...