La librairie des livres interdits

Marc Levy

Description

Beautifully-illustrated and written, this lively, engaging book celebrates the lives of talented individuals who came to the UK and built a sparkling new life here.

From Hans Holbein to Marie Tussaud, Mary Seacole to Mo Farah, find out the real stories of people recognizable to children and adults alike, and other quieter individuals, who have shaped our lives from business to food to medicine.

Discover how:

• Refugee Michael Marks founded Marks & Spencer
• Banker Charles Yerkes built the London Underground
• Scientist Ernst Chain developed life-saving penicillin
• Activist Claudia Jones launched the Notting Hill Carnival

Each individual is celebrated with an original illustration and a short biography. Many showed grit to make their mark on Britain after fleeing persecution or war abroad. All achieved their success through talent and hard work.

100 Immigrants Who Made Britain Great is a stirring gift for any teenager curious about how modern Britain came into being. This book is an ideal accompaniment to Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, 100 Great Black Britons and Amazing Muslims Who Changed the World.

The introduction is by Bonnie Greer, the Chicago-born playwright and cultural commentator.

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Incredible Individuals Featured
Ade Adepitan
Alan Yau
Alec Issigonis
Alek Wek
Alf Dubs
András Schiff
Anish Kapoor
Anna Freud
Arthur Wharton
Barbara Cooper
Bernard Katz
Bushra Nasir
Carlos Acosta
Caroline Herschel
Charles Kao
Charles Yerkes
Charlotte Auerbach
Claudia Jones
Claus Moser
Connie Mark
Deborah Doniach
Dennis Gabor
Dietrich Küchemann
Doreen Lawrence
Edith Bülbring
Emma Orczy
Erich Reich
Ernst Chain
Ernst Gombrich
Eugène Rimmel
Fanny Eaton
Freddie Mercury
George Frideric Handel
George Weidenfeld
Gina Miller
Graeme Hick
Hans Holbein
Hans Krebs
Harry Gordon Selfridge
Henry Wellcome
Ida Copeland
Ida Freund
Ira Aldridge
Iris Murdoch
Isaiah Berlin
Jacob Epstein
Jimi Hendrix
Joan Armatrading
Johanna Weber
John Barnes
John Edmonstone
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Rotblat
Judith Kerr
Karan Bilimoria
Karel Kuttelwascher
Krystyna Skarbek
Kylie Minogue
Lew Grade
Lucian Freud
Ludwig Goldscheider
Ludwig Guttmann
Magdi Yacoub
Malala Yousafzai
Marc Isambard Brunel
Margaret Busby
Marie Tussaud
Mary Prince
Mary Seacole
Maureen Dunlop de Popp
Michael Marks
Mo Farah
Mona Hatoum
Montague Burton
Moses Montefiore
Nasser Hussain
Oscar Nemon
Parveen Kumar
Peter Porter
Prince Albert
Raheem Sterling
Richard Rogers
Sake Dean Mahomed
Shanta Pathak
Sislin Fay Allen
Solly Zuckerman
Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Steve Shirley
Stuart Hall
TS Eliot
Tessa Sanderson
Trevor McDonald
Valerie Amos
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Vera Atkins
Violette Szabo
William Butement
Yasmin Qureshi
Yvonne Thompson
Zaha Hadid

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