All the people you'll ever want to know about

Chambers Biographical Dictionary is quite easily the best reference book in the world -- Sunday Telegraph Simply all you need to know about anyone -- Fay Weldon Incomparably the best -- The Sunday Times Some people leave a deeper footprint in the sands of time than others. In these pages we have access to their particular stories and identities. It is a rich cornucopia of life experience -- Dame Joan Bakewell

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