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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

100 Immigrants Who Made Britain Great

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Beautifully-illustrated and written, this lively, engaging book celebrates the lives of talented individuals who came to the UK and built... Read more

    Publisher: Canbury Press
    Publication Date: 1/26/2024
    ISBN13: 9781914487460, 978-1914487460
    ISBN10: 191448746X

    Non Fiction , Dictionaries, Reference & Language

    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

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