From the Book - First edition.
God's Heroes: Deborah, Judith, Samson and David
Earthshakers: Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar
Feminist Fire and Slaughter: Boudica
Exemplary Heroes: Henry V and Joan of Arc
Heroism in the Age of the Axe: St. Thomas More, Lady Jane Grey, Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Ralegh
In the Roar of the Cannon's Mouth: Washington, Nelson and Wellington
Tortured Heroism in a Man's World: Jane Welsh Carlyle and Emily Dickinson
Two Kinds of Nobility: Lincoln and Lee
Cerebral Heroism: Ludwig Wittgenstein
The Heroism of the Hostess: Lady Pamela Berry et al.
A Generous Hero and a Heroic Monster: Churchill and de Gaulle
Heroism Behind the Greasepaint: Mae West and Marilyn Monroe
The Heroic Trinity Who Tamed the Bear: Reagan, Thatcher and John Paul II
Epilogue: Any Future for Heroism?