Diane Stanley

A biography of the Italian Renaissance artist and inventor includes notebook sketches that reveal his observations of anatomy and science, his ideas for a flying machine, and such paintings as the Mona Lisa and Last Supper.

Follows the life of the strong-willed queen who ruled England in the time of Shakespeare and the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

A biography of the Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, well known for his work on the Sistine Chapel in Rome's St. Peter's Cathedral.

A brief biography of the world's most famous playwright, using only historically correct information.

With stunning and expressive illustrations, Diane Stanley portrays Mozart's turbulent life as a marionette show, inspired by the famous Salzburg Marionette Theatre, using an innovative artistic approach to present the life of a renowned musical genius. In concise and lyrical prose, Stanley presents an honest and sympathetic portrait of the boyhood and tragically short adulthood of a composer whose music has lived on for more than two hundred years....

A biography of the nineteenth-century military genius and Zulu chief.

Text and colorful illustrations tell the life story of Princess Ka'iulani, the late nineteenth-century heir to the Hawaiian throne who fought for her people but did not survive to become queen.