Seven Men and Seven Women
And the Secret of Their Greatness
- History & Biography
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Published: 2018
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Publisher's Description
Two beloved Metaxas classics in a single, compact edition. In this new, one-volume edition that brings together two of his most popular works, #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas explores the question of what makes a great person great? Seven Men and Seven Women tells the captivating stories of fourteen heroic individuals who changed the course of history and shaped the world in astonishing ways. George Washington led his country to independence yet resisted the temptation to become America's king. William Wilberforce led the fight to end the slave trade, giving up his chance to be England's prime minister. Susanna Wesley, the mother of nineteen children, gave the world its most significant evangelist and its greatest hymn-writer, her sons John and Charles. Jackie Robison endured the threats and abuse of racists with unimaginable dignity and strength. Corrie ten Boom risked her life to hide Dutch Jews from the Nazis in World War II and survived the horrors of a concentration camp--and forgave her tormentors years later. And Rosa Parks's God-given sense of justice and unshakable dignity helped launch the twentieth century’s greatest social movement. These and other lives profiled in Seven Men and Seven Women reveal how reveal the secret to a life of greatness--by responding to call to live for something greater than oneself.
Endorsements (16)
“This is a book to read, to read aloud to others, and then read again. In a day when children are growing up stunted because of our diet of empty-headed celebrities and contemptible villains, true heroism and manliness needs special nourishment. Eric Metaxas has done it again, and again we are in his debt.”
“One of my favorite authors is Eric Metaxas. His biographies of William Wilberforce and Dietrich Bonhoeffer are compelling and his weekly Breakpoint commentaries are powerful and thought provoking. His latest effort, Seven Men, is designed to provide men, and those becoming men, with positive role models that practically illustrate what manhood is all about. He does this by focusing on seven men who have lived and served well. We all need great examples; we need to understand what it means to be a man and what God intends men to be; and we need to be inspired. That’s what Eric does. I highly recommend this very readable book.”
“What is true manhood? And what makes a man in our 21st century? These are vital questions that my friend Eric Metaxas helps us wrestle with in this great new book. In looking back to seven outstanding men of history, Eric helps us understand the essential elements of manhood in any age. This is a superb work—and I highly recommend it.”
“This is an important book and I hope many people will read it.”
“Eric Metaxas has created a biography of uncommon power—intelligent, moving, well researched, vividly written, and rich in implication for our own lives.”
Archbishop. Charles Chaput
“[A] beautifully constructed biography. . . . Throughout his book, but especially toward the end, Metaxas turns this erudite and at times abstruse theologian into a living and tragic human being.”
“Eric Metaxas is claiming his place as the preeminent biographer of Christianity’s most courageous figures.”
“Clearly the definitive work [on Bonhoeffer] . . . One of the greatest biographies I’ve ever read.”
“[D]efinitive and incredibly detailed . . . a powerful, powerful book . . . Highly recommended!”
“One of the finest and most moving biographies I have ever read. Eric Metaxas responds to a great life with a great book.”
“Riveting. . . .”
“Who is Dietrich Bonhoeffer? He’s a guy that you should know. This is a book that you should read.”
“Magnificent . . . Metaxas’s work will stand as a living landmark.”
“A superb history of the British campaign against slavery . . . Amazing Grace will prove to you how great a human effort abolition demanded.”
“A crackling bonfire of truth and clarity . . . Metaxas . . . is an irresistible writer. [He tells this story] with such a sharp eye and ready wit and moral passion that we are caught up in the momentum of it and blown away.”
“[A] spirited, moving account of Wilberforce’s life.”
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