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Binding
Hardback
Number of Pages
256
Age Group
All
Language
English
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Book Summary
Travel back in time and witness both everyday life and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages. Bringing together historical and literary diaries, artists Sketchbooks, explorers Journals, and scientists Notebooks, great diaries provides an intimate insight into the lives and thoughts of some of the most interesting people of the last two thousand years. Discover what it was like to build a pyramid, sail the seas with magellan, travel into the heart of Africa, or serve on the Western front. Find out how writers and artists planned their masterpieces, and how scientists developed their ground-breaking theories. Arranged chronologically, great diaries takes you into the pages of the worlds greatest diaries, notebooks, and letters, including those of Samuel pepys, henry-david Thoreau, the Goncourt brothers, Virginia Woolf, and Anne Frank. Stunning reproductions of the original notebooks and manuscripts are complemented by extracts and quotations, and illustrated features set the diaries in their cultural and historical context. Essential reading for everyone who is passionate about history and literature, great diaries provides a fascinating insight into the everyday lives, thoughts, and feelings of men and women through the centuries.
Product Details
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Number of Pages
256
Language
English
ISBN
9780241412947
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
25.9 x 2.1 x 30.9 cm
Binding
Hardback
AED 150.00