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National Geographic world history biographies
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Alexander: the boy soldier who conquered the world
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Elizabeth I: the outcast who became England's queen
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Gandhi: the young protester who founded a nation
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Hatshepsut: the princess who became king
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: the queen who rode off to battle
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Michelangelo: the young artist who dreamed of perfection
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On Christmas Day 1642, a farmer's wife gave birth to a baby boy in Lincolnshire, England. Isaac Newton was a sickly child who found it difficult to make friends. When it came to farming, he got into trouble for letting the pigs go astray and the fences fall down. But he was fascinated by inventions, spending his time carving sundials and making kites. No one would have guessed that, when Newton grew up, he would be one the the greatest scientists...
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Julius Caesar: the boy who conquered an empire
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Mozart: the boy who changed the world with his music
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