Seven Women: And the Secret of Their Greatness ASZI856153

A beautiful gift edition of this instant classic exclusively for graduates, with a special letter from Eric Metaxas to those entering the next phase of lifes journey.

What makes a great womangreat? InSeven Women,New York Timesbestselling author Eric Metaxas provides an answer by telling the captivating stories of seven women who changed the course of history and impacted the world in astonishing ways. Teenaged Joan of Arc heard Gods command and led the French army to a mighty victory over the British. Susanna Wesley, the mother of nineteen children, gave the world its most significant evangelist and its greatest hymn-writer, her sons John and Charles. Corrie ten Boom risked her life to hide Dutch Jews from the Nazis in World War II and somehow survived the horrors of a concentration camp, but her greatest feat was her forgiveness of her tormentors years later. And Rosa Parkss God-given sense of justice and unshakable dignity helped launch the twentieth centurys greatest social movement.Seven Womenreveals how the extraordinary women profiled here achieved their greatness, inspiring readers to lives propelled by a call beyond themselves.