{"product_id":"9780008562106","title":"100 Diaries that Chronicled World Events","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Colin Salter\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBook design, [BJ] Diaries, letters \u0026amp; journals, [CBV] Creative writing \u0026amp; creative writing guide\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9 October 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (Pavilion) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e238 x 192 x 21 | 804g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOscar Wilde once wrote “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train.” This 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e100 Diaries that Chronicled World Events 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\u003e These 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":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56063442616695,"sku":"9780008562106","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780008562106.jpg?v=1761666408","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9780008562106","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}