Great Lives in Graphics: Gandhi

Great Lives in Graphics: Gandhi gives young readers a compelling visual guide to the life and times of a man who personifies peace and non-violent protest for millions all over the world.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a shy small boy with average school grades who grew up to be one of the most influential people in the history of the world. A man without title or property who wore little more than a few pieces of cotton cloth but who was respected by the powerful and loved by millions. But did you know that he was married at 13? Or that he was educated in Victorian London and jailed for a total of six years? Gandhi’s life was packed full of surprises and remained unpredictable to the very end.

Along the way, the British Empire, religion, vegetarianism and the making of a Hollywood blockbuster are among the many topics connected to Mahatma Gandhi, the ultimate influencer.

Great Lives in Graphics re-imagines the lives of extraordinary people in vivid technicolor, presenting 250+ biographical facts in a new and exciting way. It takes the essential dates and achievements of each person’s life, mixes them with lesser-known facts and trivia, and uses infographics to show them in a fresh visual way that is genuinely engaging for children and young adults. The result is a colorful, fascinating and often surprising representation of that person’s life, work and legacy. Using timelines, maps, visual graphics and many beautiful and informative illustrations, readers learn not just about the main subject of the book but also about the cultural background of the time in which they lived.