"It's really quite good." - Elon Musk Twelve Against the Gods was an instant bestseller when it first published in 1929. In his trademark journalist style, author William Bolitho details the lives of twelve great adventurers-Alexander the Great, Casanova, Christopher Columbus, Mahomet, Lola Montez, Cagliostro (and Seraphina), Charles XII of Sweden, Napoleon I, Lucius Sergius Catiline, Napoleon III, Isadora Duncan, and Woodrow Wilson. Bolitho shines light on both the struggles and successes that made these figures so iconic, and demonstrates how they all battled convention and conformity to achieve enduring fame and notoriety. "We are born adventurers," Bolitho writes, "and the love of adventures never leaves us till we are very old; old, timid men, in whose interest it is that adventure should quite die out. This is why all the poets are on one side, and all the laws on the other; for laws are made by, and usually for, old men." Though his essays are nearly one hundred years old, they encompass the timeless values of perseverance, bravery, and strength of spirit that have proven to resonate with the pioneers and thought leaders of today.

This is a new release of the original 1926 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.

Title: Nug . A rhyming medley.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Bolitho, William; 1891. viii. 52 p.; 4 . 11650.h.83.

1930. A collection of essays by William Bolitho (pseudonym of William Bolitho Ryall) author of English miscellanies, which originally appeared in the New York World. In the preface Coward illustrates the quality of Bolitho's work through his description of a cabaret, which in three short years has fallen from fashion, as having an indefinable air of antiquity, not the precious aroma of centuries, but the shabby, premature aging of a clown. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

1930. A collection of essays by William Bolitho (pseudonym of William Bolitho Ryall) author of English miscellanies, which originally appeared in the New York World. In the preface Coward illustrates the quality of Bolitho's work through his description of a cabaret, which in three short years has fallen from fashion, as having an indefinable air of antiquity, not the precious aroma of centuries, but the shabby, premature aging of a clown. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

1926. Contents: The Origin of Fascism; Socialism and Fascism; The Tyranny; The Fascist Doctrine; Militia, Army, King; The Foreign Policy of Fascism; Fascist Finance; The Slave State; The Enemies of Fascism; The Conquered South; and The Fascist Internationale.

1926. Contents: The Origin of Fascism; Socialism and Fascism; The Tyranny; The Fascist Doctrine; Militia, Army, King; The Foreign Policy of Fascism; Fascist Finance; The Slave State; The Enemies of Fascism; The Conquered South; and The Fascist Internationale.

1930. A collection of essays by William Bolitho (pseudonym of William Bolitho Ryall) author of English miscellanies, which originally appeared in the New York World. In the preface Coward illustrates the quality of Bolitho's work through his description of a cabaret, which in three short years has fallen from fashion, as having an indefinable air of antiquity, not the precious aroma of centuries, but the shabby, premature aging of a clown. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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1930. A collection of essays by William Bolitho (pseudonym of William Bolitho Ryall) author of English miscellanies, which originally appeared in the New York World. In the preface Coward illustrates the quality of Bolitho's work through his description of a cabaret, which in three short years has fallen from fashion, as having an indefinable air of antiquity, not the precious aroma of centuries, but the shabby, premature aging of a clown. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.