English Roman Catholics - Lewis Hamilton, J. R. R. Tolkien, George Harrison, Edward Elgar, William the Conqueror, Alfred Hitchcock, Dusty Spring (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 186. Chapters: Lewis Hamilton, J. R. R. Tolkien, George Harrison, Edward Elgar, William the Conqueror, Alfred Hitchcock, Dusty Springfield, Evelyn Waugh, Alfred the Great, Richard I of England, James II of England, Thomas More, Steven Gerrard, Charles II of England, Catherine of Aragon, Richard II of England, Mary I of England, Richard III of England, William Byrd, Andrew Sullivan, Ian Kershaw, George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore. Excerpt: Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, MBE (born 7 January 1985) is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren team. He is the 2008 Formula One World Champion. Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. In December 1995, at the age of ten, he approached McLaren team principal Ron Dennis at the Autosport Awards ceremony and told him, "I want to race for you one day ... I want to race for McLaren." Less than three years later McLaren and Mercedes-Benz signed him to their Young Driver Support Programme. After winning the British Formula Renault, Formula Three Euroseries, and GP2 championships on his way up the racing career ladder, he drove for McLaren in 2007, making his Formula One debut 12 years after his initial encounter with Dennis. Hamilton's contract for the McLaren driver development program made him the youngest ever driver to secure a contract which later resulted in a Formula One drive. Coming from a mixed background, with a black father and white mother, Hamilton is often labelled "the first black driver in Formula One," although Willy T. Ribbs tested an F1 car in 1986. He is also the first driver of black heritage to win a major race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in any discipline. In his first season in Formula One, Hamilton set numerous records, while finishing second in the 2007 Formula One Championship, just one point behind Kimi Raikkonen....