{"product_id":"9780008562106_100-diaries-that-chronicled-world-events","title":"100 Diaries That Chronicled World Events","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOscar Wilde once wrote \u003cem\u003e“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train.” \u003c\/em\u003eThis book is your opportunity to discover a compendium of the most celebrated, revelatory, notorious and heart-wrenching diaries from the great, the good and the truly evil. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e100 Diaries that Chronicled World Event\u003c\/em\u003es introduces us to the world’s greatest diarists. Including the historical journals of Samuel Pepys and Anne Frank; snapshots of culture in the diaries of Frida Kahlo and Kurt Cobain; and windows into the past from Queen Victoria and John Adams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese published journals present a unique insight into their time and place, featuring a diverse range of accounts from all over the world. Discover the doomed log of Arctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott and the philandering antics of Samuel Pepys: as well as the less well-known diary of Jakob Walter, a foot soldier who gave a vivid insight into the Napoleonic wars, or Mary Chesnut, a privileged planter’s wife in South Carolina, who chronicled the South’s decline in the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colin Salter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895167242389,"sku":"9780008562106","price":44.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008562106_0639cba6-3051-4629-aa26-b0101313462f.jpg?v=1776888171","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008562106_100-diaries-that-chronicled-world-events","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}