– 7,500 entries
– 250 illustrations
– the most accessible and up-to-date biographical dictionary available
– covering politics, current affairs, sport, the arts, history and science and more
– derived from the authoritative and continuously updated Hutchinson Encyclopedia database

          Here are the famous – Winston Churchill, Elizabeth I, Marie Curie, Lech Walesa – and the infamous – Adolf Hitler, Mata Hari, Joseph Stalin. Here are also thinkers, soldiers, musicians and scientists. Tragic or talented, entertainers or hermits, the sainted, ungodly or merely beautiful: they find a place in this comprehensive volume which is ideal for use in the office, at school and at home.