A new biography of one of the most authoritative figures in the history of the last 500 years. Martin Luther left a bright mark on history and changed the world forever—not only because he was a talented preacher and a church rebel who split Western Christianity into Catholicism and Protestantism. Luther gave people freedom and taught them how to fight for the truth. By translating the Bible from Latin into his native language, he laid the foundation for a common German language and made the Scriptures accessible to everyone. With his famous “95 Theses,” Luther not only forever changed the map of the Christian world, but also set the spirit of the Modern Age and the cultural values that pushed Europe into the future. This gripping story of courage, struggle, and intrigue is written by a well-known author and journalist—one of the most talented storytellers about the geniuses of the past. Eric Metaxas has painted a striking portrait of a rebel whose unbreakable pure faith caused the foundation of Western Christianity to crack and drew medieval Europe into the future.