Famous People in History – Volume 2

Read by Daniel Philpott, Laura Brattan & Garrick Hagon

unabridged

There is a need for accessible short biographies of key people for younger listeners. Following the success of Famous People, Volume I, Nicolas Soames presents another varied group of men and women who have changed the course of history. This is the second volume of popular histories of famous people.

2 CDs

Running Time: 2 h 38 m

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ISBN:	978-962-634-197-1
Digital ISBN:	978-962-954-427-0
Cat. no.:	NA219712
Download size:	38 MB
BISAC:	BIO000000
Released:	February 2000

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Daniel Philpott

Daniel Philpott trained at LAMDA and, after success in the prestigious Carleton Hobbs Award for Radio Drama, has been prolific in BBC Radio and the Spoken Word industry. His theatre work includes numerous productions on the London fringe. For Naxos AudioBooks he has recorded A Life of Shakespeare, Famous People in History – 2, Dracula, Frankenstein, Pygmalion, and has narrated Our Island Story.

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Laura Brattan

Laura Brattan trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has appeared in the films Crime Time and Tomorrow Never Dies. Her many television credits includes Casualty, The Bill, Wycliffe, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Melissa, Five Children, and Touching Evil.

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Garrick Hagon

Garrick Hagon has appeared in many films including Batman, Star Wars, Cry Freedom, Antony and Cleopatra, Fatherland, Black Book, The Walker, La Vie en Rose and Churchill at War. His television credits include A Perfect Spy, The Nightmare Years, Henry V, The Chief and Love Hurts. On London’s West End he played Chris Keller in All My Sons, and he is a frequent story reader for the BBC. He also reads The Sea-Wolf, The Call of the Wild, Classic American Poetry and Huckleberry Finn for Naxos AudioBooks.

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Included in this title

Alexander the Great
George Washington
Joan of Arc
Isaac Newton
Louis Pasteur
Marie Curie
Leonardo da Vinci
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Nicolas Soames