Famous People in History

Written By : Nicholas Soames

Narrated By : Various

Published By : Select Music & Distribution

Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Biographical
Historical

Price : $11.99

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Here are the stories of nine people whose energy, imagination, courage and determination changed the world.

From Christopher Columbus who set off into unknown seas in a small ship in the 15th century, to a young girl, Anne Frank, caught in the turmoil of the 20th, who wrote a remarkable diary while in hiding in Amsterdam during the Second World War. Their personalities and their achievements make them heroes and heroines for our time also.

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