Travel back in time and share the experience of everyday thoughts
and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of
diaries through the ages. Great Diaries traces the history of the
diary from ancient times to the present day, bringing together more
than 80 historical and literary diaries, artists' sketchbooks,
explorers' journals, and scientists' notebooks. 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 groundbreaking theories. Great Diaries
takes you into the pages of the world's greatest diaries and
notebooks, including those of Samuel Pepys, Charles Darwin,
Henry-David Thoreau, the Goncourt brothers, Virginia Woolf, and
Anne Frank, and shows you what they looked like. Stunning images of
the original notebooks and manuscripts are complemented by key
extracts and close-ups of important details. Feature boxes provide
additional biographical information and set the works in their
cultural and historical context. Essential reading for everyone who
is passionate about history and literature, Great Diaries provides
an intimate insight into the lives and thoughts of some of the most
interesting people of the last 2,000 years.
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