Remarkable Diaries

Hardback cover of Remarkable Diaries

get a closer look

Thumbnail image of Remarkable Diaries - 1Thumbnail image of Remarkable Diaries - 2Thumbnail image of Remarkable Diaries - 3Thumbnail image of Remarkable Diaries - 4Thumbnail image of Remarkable Diaries - 5Thumbnail image of Remarkable Diaries - 6Thumbnail image of Remarkable Diaries - 7Thumbnail image of Remarkable Diaries - 8Thumbnail image of Remarkable Diaries - 9+ 4 more

Published by DK

RRP: CA$39.00

About Remarkable Diaries

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, Remarkable 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 groundbreaking theories.

Arranged chronologically, Remarkable Diaries takes you into the pages of the world's 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, Remarkable Diaries provides a fascinating insight into the everyday lives, thoughts, and feelings of men and women through the centuries.