On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, six essays by Thomas Carlyle, published by James Fraser, London, in 1841 and based on a series of lectures he delivered in 1840. The lectures, which glorified great men throughout history, were enormously popular. In the essays, he discusses different types of heroes and offers examples of each type, including divinities (pagan myths), prophets (Muhammad), poets (Dante and Shakespeare), priests (Martin Luther and John Knox), men of letters (Samuel Johnson and Jean-Jacques Rousseau), and rulers (Oliver Cromwell and Napoleon).

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	April 23, 2021
ISBN13	9798742983613
Publishers	Independently Published
Pages	240
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 13 mm · 326 g
Language	English

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