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First Person Singular presents history in the words of those who
took part in the events they describe or were eyewitnesses to them. It
ranges from diaries and letters depicting the details of everyday life
and personal experience to more literary sources such as narratives of
momentous events and autobiographies. Classic titles such as Aubrey’s
Brief Lives
sit alongside exciting rediscoveries like The Siege of Malta,
1565 and The Loss of the Wager, and the range of titles will
cover the early middle ages to the twentieth century. No retelling of
history by a scholar can match the vividness of these sources, which
open a brightly-lit window onto the past. |
