100 Great Lives

Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 daysAuthor: John CanningEditor(s): John CanningPublisher: RupaYear: 1992Language: EnglishPages: 768ISBN/UPC (if available): N/A DescriptionHere in one handy volume are a hundred of the greatest lives of all time. Immensely more informative than entries in a biographical dictionary, a mere fraction of the bulk and cost of the equivalent number of book-length biographies-even if they were all available-100 Great Lives is a work of exceptionally wide appeal.To the general reader it brings many hours of the finest entertainment reading has to offer-the story of people. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction, and here is truth which has, in one way or another, affected the lives of us all.To the student it is an invaluable saver of time. To the writer, speaker, and all who need detailed knowledge of the figures of history, it is no mean work of reference. The selection has been made to give a wide coverage of the age and are