Rees, Fran

A brief biography of William Tyndale, the sixteenth-century martyr who translated and distributed copies of the Bible to common people, providing information on his childhood, his dedication to reforming the Catholic Church, and his life in exile as a wanted man.

A brief biography of fifteenth-century Humanist, Desiderius Erasmus, providing information on his life in France, England, Italy, Germany, and Switzerland and his complete dedication to the church even in the midst of the Protestant Reformation.

A biography of Communist dictator of Cuba, Fidel Castro describing his childhood and rise to power in 1959 following the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista, political and economic changes in Cuba, and Cuban Missile Crisis.

Presents a biography of Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press, and provides information on the Renaissance world, the Gutenberg Bible, and the impact his invention had on the world of books.