Eyewitness to History

written by: John Carey

Imagine... Witnessing the destruction of Pompeii... Accompanying Julius Caesar on his invasion of Britain... Flying with the crew of The Great Artiste en route to dropping the atomic bomb on Nagasaki...

Civilization's most momentous events come vibrantly alive in this magnificent collection of over three hundred eyewitness accounts spanning twenty-four turbulent centuries -- remarkable recollections of battles, atrocities, disasters, coronations, assassinations and discoveries that shaped the course of history, all related in vivid detail by observers on the scene.