Product Description

The eye-witness accounts in this book have been chosen from hundreds of memoirs, letters and travel books, as well as newspapers. The time span reaches from ancient Greece - Thucydides' account of Athens stricken by plague - to February 1986 when James Fenton in the Phillipines, joins the crowd rampaging through President Marcos's palace. There are disasters, executions and battles - often seen from unaccustomed angles - such as, a French knight's account of Agincourt, El Alamein from a German armoured car. But peace has its dramas too, as seen from the accounts of the Pilgrim fathers setting foot in the silent forests of America, and Garrick playing Hamlet.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32151 in Books
• Published on: 1989-10-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 706 pages

Customer Reviews

Totally gripping, fascinating and entertaining
This book has large numbers of very 'rave' reviews on the cover, and indeed it is one of the most extraordinarily interesting books you could hope to read. You can open it at any page and be instantly gripped. As an anthology with a mixture of shorter and longer reports across most of human history, it has lots to interest anyone. I've recommended it as presents for people (which can be difficult with books) and they always love it.

A book to capture the imagination at any time
If, like me, you sometimes find yourself struggling to lose yourself in a book (or cannot find a book that draws you in), this is for you. A collection of journalistic pieces covering great and mundane events from 430 BC to 1986 AD, from reports on the eruption of Vesuvius to the Fire of London to the first landing on the moon, The Faber Book of Reportage will captivate you. All the better for the excellence of the writing (authors include Julius Caesar, Josephus, Charles Dickens, Captain Scott, and more), and for the enthralling realisation that the happenings described actually occurred.

Fascinating Insights
The Faber Book of Reportage: A book full of fascinating details and insights for anyone even just slightly historically minded. Well written, absorbing and very interesting, at the same time easy to read and entertaining. I can highly recommend it.