One Hundred Great Lives, edited by John Allen. 1945. H/C. 790 pp.

Fascinating biographies of famous women such as Cleopatra and Catherine the Great of Russia; scientists and inventors like Archimedes and Sir Isaac Newton; leaders and reformers like Desiderius Erasmus and Sir Thomas More; writers and poets like Herodotus and Doctor Samuel Johnson; artists and musicians like Leonardo da Vinci and Ludwig van Beethoven, discoverers and explorers like Marco Polo and David Livingstone; and soldiers and statesmen like Alexander the Great and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. With portraits.

First published 1944 by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland & New York. This edition is the second reprint of December 1945. Condition: Good. Pages clean and tightly bound. Red blemishes on cover and spine. Head of spine slightly frayed.

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