{"product_id":"remarkable-diaries-the-worlds-greatest-diaries-journals-notebooks-letters-9780744020434","title":"Remarkable Diaries: The World's Greatest Diaries, Journals, Notebooks, \u0026 Letters","description":"\u003cb\u003eTravel back in time and witness both everyday life and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together historical and literary diaries, artists' sketchbooks, explorers' journals, and scientists' notebooks, \u003ci\u003eRemarkable Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArranged chronologically, \u003ci\u003eRemarkable Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEssential reading for everyone who is passionate about history and literature, \u003ci\u003eRemarkable Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fascinating insight into the everyday lives, thoughts, and feelings of men and women through the centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Kate Williams\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, historian, and broadcaster. She has written five history books, including \u003ci\u003eEngland's Mistress and Rival Queens\u003c\/i\u003e, and four historical novels. She is a regular on television and radio, presenting her own shows including \u003ci\u003eThe Stuarts, Inside Versailles\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRestoration Home\u003c\/i\u003e, and discussing social history, royal history, and politics, and culture on shows such as \u003ci\u003eNewsnight\u003c\/i\u003e. CNN's royal historian, she is a Professor of History at the University of Reading and gives lectures across the world.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627782705426,"sku":"9780744020434","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_82601231-2fe0-41e7-96c6-04d8a2142c9d.jpg?v=1732719881","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/remarkable-diaries-the-worlds-greatest-diaries-journals-notebooks-letters-9780744020434","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}