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Team of Rivals
- Author
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrator
- Suzanne Toren
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 6 May 2021
- Run Time
- 41 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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The bestselling and prize-winning study of one of the most legendary American Presidents in history, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin is the book that inspired Barack Obama in his presidency.
When Barack Obama was asked which book he could not live without in the White House, his answer was instant: Team of Rivals. This monumental and brilliant work has given Obama the model for his presidency, showing how Abraham Lincoln saved America by appointing his fiercest rival to key cabinet positions. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen.
'A wonderful book . . . a remarkable study in leadership' Barack Obama
'A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius' The New York Times
'I have not enjoyed a history book as much for years' Robert Harris
Doris Kearns Goodwin is the doyenne of US presidential historians, and one of the most acclaimed non-fiction authors in the world. Her works include Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga, and No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995.
© Doris Kearns Goodwin 2009 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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A wonderful book ... a remarkable study in leadership
Barack Obama
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The most uplifting book that I have read in the last two decades. Sensational
Jon Snow
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I have not enjoyed a history book as much for years
The Observer (Books of the Year)
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A fabulously engrossing, exciting narrative in the grand old style ... overflowing with colour and character
Dominic Sandbrook
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A brilliant book ... I couldn't get enough of it
Alex Ferguson
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Goodwin's narrative abilities are on full display here. A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius
New York Times
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Details
- Author
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrator
- Suzanne Toren
- Duration
- 41 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 May 2021
- ISBN
- 9780241994214
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- History of the Americas, Political leaders and leadership
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.The bestselling and prize-winning study of one of the most legendary American Presidents in history, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin is the book that inspired Barack Obama in his presidency.When Barack Obama was asked which book he could not live without in the White House, his answer was instant: Team of Rivals. This monumental and brilliant work has given Obama the model for his presidency, showing how Abraham Lincoln saved America by appointing his fiercest rival to key cabinet positions. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen.'A wonderful book . . . a remarkable study in leadership' Barack Obama'A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius' The New York Times'I have not enjoyed a history book as much for years' Robert HarrisDoris Kearns Goodwin is the doyenne of US presidential historians, and one of the most acclaimed non-fiction authors in the world. Her works include Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga, and No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995.© Doris Kearns Goodwin 2009 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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