This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the lives of 99 inspirational immigrants.
From Hans Holbein to Raheem Sterling, Freddie Mercury to Judith Kerr, and Joan Armatrading to Malala Yousafzai, these characters made a new life in Britain - and helped to make us what we are today.
Many of them featured in arrived in Britain penniless, knowing little or no English. They achieved success through their hard work and ingenuity - and their legacies shape our society.
Without Michael Marks, we wouldn't have Marks & Spencer. Without Stelios Haji-Ioannou, holidaymakers would not have jetted abroad on easyJet. Without Ludwig Guttmann, there would be no Paralympics.
Without so many others featured in this book, the United Kingdom would be drastically different and immeasurably poorer.
Each entry contains an original illustration and a profile of each individual and their incredible achievements. Readers can add a 100th individual who has inspired them. Who would you add? A mother, father, friend, colleague or neighbour?
This book is an ideal accompaniment to Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, 100 Great Black Britons and Amazing Muslims Who Changed the World.
Here are the inspirational individuals featured in 99 Immigrants Who Made Britain Great:
Ade Adepitan
Alan Yau
Alec Issigonis
Alek Wek
Alf Dubs
András Schiff
Anish Kapoor
Anna Freud
Arthur Wharton
Barbara Cooper
Bushra Nasir
Carlos Acosta
Caroline Herschel
Charles Kao
Charles Yerkes
Charlotte Auerbach
Claudia Jones
Claus Moser
Connie Mark
Deborah Doniach
Dennis Gabor
Dietrich Küchemann
Doreen Lawrence
Edith Bülbring
Emma Orczy
Erich Reich
Ernst Chain
Ernst Gombrich
Eugène Rimmel
Fanny Eaton
Freddie Mercury
George Frideric Handel
George Weidenfeld
Gina Miller
Graeme Hick
Hans Holbein
Hans Krebs
Harry Gordon Selfridge
Henry Wellcome
Ida Copeland
Ida Freund
Ira Aldridge
Iris Murdoch
Isaiah Berlin
Jacob Epstein, sculptor
Jimi Hendrix
Joan Armatrading
Johanna Weber
John Barnes
John Edmonstone
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Rotblat
Judith Kerr
Karan Bilimoria
Karel Kuttelwascher
Krystyna Skarbek
Kylie Minogue
Lew Grade
Lucian Freud
Ludwig Goldscheider
Ludwig Guttmann
Magdi Yacoub
Malala Yousafzai
Marc Isambard Brunel
Margaret Busby
Marie Tussaud
Mary Prince
Mary Seacole
Maureen Dunlop de Popp
Michael Marks
Mo Farah
Mona Hatoum
Montague Burton
Moses Montefiore
Nasser Hussain
Oscar Nemon
Parveen Kumar
Peter Porter
Prince Albert
Raheem Sterling
Richard Rogers
Sake Dean Mahomed
Shanta Pathak
Sislin Fay Allen
Solly Zuckerman
Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Steve Shirley
Stuart Hall
TS Eliot
Tessa Sanderson
Trevor McDonald
Valerie Amos
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Vera Atkins
Violette Szabo
William Butement
Yasmin Qureshi
Yvonne Thompson
Zaha Hadid
The introduction to 99 Immigrants Who Made Britain Great is by Bonnie Greer, the Chicago-born playwright and cultural commentator. She starts:
'Over a decade ago now, I was invited to be a panellist on BBTV's Question Time. Nick Griffin, then leader of the far-right British National Party, was also invited on as a guest. Then as now, the issue of immigration: good or bad, loomed large...'
How does this story end?
