Dictionary of Biography

by Tom McArthur

This work provides biographies of the famous and infamous throughout the ages. It includes thinkers, scientists, musicians, actors, entertainers and sportsmen. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853263311
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 5.0" x 1.2"

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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Biography is the most up-to-date affordable paperback biographical dictionary published. It is designed for easy reference and provides the maximum information possible in concise form. It lists the famous, the Buddha, Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, Elizabeth I, Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy, as well as the infamous, Caligula, Gilles de Rais, Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot. Here are also the thinkers, scientists, musicians, actors, entertainers and sportsmen. Whether tragic or talented, sainted or ungodly, beautiful or repulsive, they find a place in this comprehensive guide which is indispensable for home, office or academic use.