Remarkable Diaries : The World's Greatest Diaries, Journals, Notebooks, and Letters by DK (2020, Hardcover)
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"Remarkable Diaries: The World's Greatest Diaries, Journals, Notebooks" is a hardcover book published by Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated in 2020. This compilation takes readers on a journey through time, showcasing historical and literary diaries, artists' sketchbooks, explorers' journals, and scientists' notebooks. With stunning reproductions of original notebooks and manuscripts, this book provides an intimate insight into the lives and thoughts of influential figures throughout the centuries, including Samuel Pepys, Henry-David Thoreau, the Goncourt brothers, Virginia Woolf, and Anne Frank. Ideal for history and literature enthusiasts, "Remarkable Diaries" offers a unique perspective on everyday life and significant moments in history."
SynopsisTravel 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.