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I'm Nicola Coughlan and for BBC Radio 4, this is History's Youngest Heroes.
Rebellion, risk and the radical power of youth.
She thought, right, I'll just do it.
She thought about others rather than herself.
Twelve stories of extraordinary young people from across history.
There's a real sense of urgency in them.
That resistance has to be mounted.
It has to be mounted now.
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The sun hangs low in the sky.
A soft strain of jazz swells in the air, mingling with the gentle rustle of leaves and the breeze.
Chris, our protagonist, stands tall under a canopy of flowers, his blue eyes twinkling in the golden light of a summer's day.
But Chris is nervous.
His heart is racing.
And then, all of a sudden, there she is.
Time seems to slow and flex as the woman he loves walks towards him.
In that moment, it dawns on him.