A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines: A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.c. to 1920 A.d.

What do Buddha, Joan of Arc, and a dozen other figures from opposite corners of history have in common? Each one refused the ordinary. This early 20th-century collection gathers lives of breathtaking daring from 500 BC to 1920, mixing documented history with the kind of semi-legendary figures who blur the line between fact and myth. The ancient Indian prince who abandoned his palace to find enlightenment sits beside warriors and revolutionaries, their stories arranged not by era but by the quality that makes them unforgettable: courage, sacrifice, transformation. Edwards writes for readers who believe history's greatest value isn't dates and battles but the example of people who dared to live magnificently. It's a book for the restless, the curious, anyone who has ever wondered what humans are capable of when they refuse to be small.