Packed with over 50 specially commissioned artworks and 120 contemporary prints, paintings and photographs, this fascinating survey of history's most famous men and women is ideal for readers aged eight and over. The richly illustrated articles on over 120 personalities from throughout history are divided into different catagories, from Rulers and Leaders, Reformers and Changers, and Men and Women of Action, to Scientists and Inventors, and Men and Women of the Arts, and include such great achievers as Thomas Edison, Emmeline Pankhurst, Ghandi and Pablo Picasso, as well as a few of the world's major villains, such as Ghengis Khan and Adolph Hitler.

 

This book features in the following series: Collins Fact, Collins Fact Books .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Fiona Macdonald has written over 300 children's books. She lives in Scotland and visited Coll to write this book.