Dead Famous (series)
Dead Famous is the title of a series of books following the lives of famous people who are now dead, such as Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton. The special books in this collection are based on certain groups of people, such as Inventors and Authors. These books are a spin-off of the Horrible Histories collection and are published by the same company, Scholastic; however, many different authors and illustrators work on these books. The books are aimed at 7-14 year olds, and have sold many copies around the world, especially in the UK. The books often contain diaries, journals and newspapers which show what life would have been like at that time. These are almost always created by the author him/herself, but are shown as having been created by the person whom the book is about.
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Famous quotes containing the words dead and/or famous:
“I see that every man that went in had his pockets bulging, or something muffled up under his coat—and I see it warn’t no perfumery either, not by a long sight. I smelt sickly eggs by the barrel, and rotten cabbages, and such things; and if I know the signs of a dead cat being around, and I bet I do, there was sixty-four of them went in. I shoved in there for a minute, but it was too various for me, I couldn’t stand it.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.”
—Alan Bennett (b. 1934)