The Great Lives in Graphics series is a new way of looking at the lives of famous and influential people. It takes the essential dates and achievements of each person's life, mixes them with lesser-known facts and trivia, and uses infographics to show them in a fresh visual way that is genuinely engaging for children and young adults. The result is a colourful, fascinating and often surprising representation of that person's life, work and legacy. Using timelines, maps, repeated motifs and many more beautiful and informative illustrations, readers learn not just about the main subject of the book but also about the cultural background of the time in which they lived. You may already know that William Shakespeare was a playwright, but did you know he learned nothing but Latin at school? Or that he couldn't even spell his own name? AGES: 8 to 12 SELLING POINTS: . Reimagines the lives of extraordinary people in vivid technicolour, presenting 250+ fascinating facts in a new and exciting way . Covers important issues in an innovative format which is accessible for young children . Fact-packed infographics capture the key information about each person's life and work . Builds into a colour-coded library of collectible biographies