A Thousand Suns

Author of seven major international bestsellers over the past 30 years and read by over 100 million readers worldwide, journalist Dominque Lapierre has won international acclaim for his inspirational accounts of the events that have shaped the 20th century. At last, he offers a stirring memoir of his adventures at the centre of history. In A Thousand Suns, Lapierre introduces the heroes and heroines whose actions have influenced the course of human events from Mother Teresa in the slums of Calcutta, to a legendary matador in the bull rings of Spain, to the final days of the British Raj in India, and more.