01755nam a2200337 i 4500 000138311129 MBIP 20260702104340.0 260702t20252025enkac e 001 0 eng d 9780008562106 hardback MBIP eng MBIP NMA rda 23 909 SAL Salter, Colin, 1957- author. 100 diaries that chronicled world events Colin Salter. London : Pavilion, 2025. ©2025 224 pages : colour illustrations, portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm. rdacontent text rdacontent still image rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume Includes index. 100 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. 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. Diarists Anecdotes. Diaries History and criticism. Diarists Biography. World history. Diaries. Biographies. ddc BK 0 0 0 ddc 0 0 NON-FIC (BK) MEDINI MEDINI GEN 2026-07-02 BOOK CHANNEL PLT 126.46 0 909 SAL 2025 c.1 00001759 2026-07-02 1 126.46 2026-07-02 BK 1450 1450