The Lives of the Famous and the Infamous: Everything You Need To Know About Everyone Who Mattered

The Lives of the Famous and the Infamous: Everything You Need To Know About Everyone Who Mattered

by TheWeek (Author)

Synopsis

Read about the man who convinced Einstein there was a God, the newspaper publisher who brought down a president and the code-cracking genius who helped foil the Nazis, and remember the lives of those that created the extraordinary moments in our modern history. Based on the obituaries that appear in every issue of The Week, here is a book that brings together the famous and infamous figures of our generation. From the world's influential leaders and thinkers of the day, such as Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs, Margaret Thatcher and Sir Patrick Moore, to the more infamous and eccentric, this is a fascinating compendium of the lives of our times.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Edition: UK ed.
Publisher: Ebury Press
Published: 04 Sep 2014

ISBN 10: 0091958660
ISBN 13: 9780091958664
Book Overview: All you need to know about anyone who mattered from the highly respected and very popular current affairs magazine, The Week

Author Bio
The Week is one of the biggest success stories in magazine publishing of the last 20 years. Appealing to the smart and the curious, it is a clever and eclectic digest of all the major news of the week. The magazine has a growing circulation and is published in the UK, the USA and Australia.