Leading Lives

This pack of six titles explores the lives and achievements of key leaders in history.

Each book examines the subject's early years, studies and interests and then assesses their professional lives, their low points and their legacies.

An underlying theme throughout the "Leading Lives" series is to look at whether an individual can change the course of history.

The book contains: feature panels detailing the lives of colleagues and rivals; a timeline and maps; further reading and websites; a glossary and index.