BOOK Ð The Time Travelers Handbook È Johnny Acton
Travel through time to witness some of the most extraordinary and colorful events in world history with this unusual and entertaining guide that includes fascinating cultural details from each period including what and where to eat what to wear how to act like a local and most importantly how to stay aliveHave you ever wished you could have experienced some of the most interesting and important events that have helped shape history With The Time Traveler's Handbook you can Johnny Actonis David Glodblatt and James Wyllie transport you back in time providing a “you are there” front seat view of some the grea My son gave me this book as a gift and I have to say he chose exactly what I would have wanted A great mixture of fantasy and factthe authors have taken notable and well known historical incidences exhibits voyages and events and placed the reader there at the moment on the spot in the time As a time traveler you are urged NOT to interfere with the spacetime continuum but to be the spectator and to follow inclusive directions to the letter which is possible because the directions are meticulously accurate and based on obviously well researched historical informationYou can be in the Roman holiday resort of Pompeii on the night Vesuvius blows her top with an escape plan of course You can be in Berlin on the night the wall that divided that city came down and a guided walking tour will take you on a route where you will be a part of the action throughout that long night and walk into the path of those not responsible or not for the collapse of the Soviet control in the east of the city Having been in Berlin just a few weeks before in 1989 on both sides of the wall but not there when it came down I had felt that I'd missed a spectacular part of history but this book really helped place me back there with it's bird's eye view and attention to detailSo if you want tosail with Captain Cook around the newly discovered 'Terra Australis Incognita' or be ringside when Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in 1974 or you'd prefer to be ringside at London's Golden Globe Theatre in 1599 when Shakespeare presents his latest tragedy Julius Caesar then let the authors tell you which tavern to stay in which pub to lunch in and which streets will lead you to the sight of Master Will staring in his own play so then; this is the book for you
Johnny Acton È The Time Travelers Handbook KINDLE
The Time Travelers HandbookUrvive see the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo boogie with the Beatles in Hamburg accompany Marco Polo to Xanadu attend the opening night of Shakespeare’s Globe Theater smell the cordite at the battle of Bull Run and sit ringside at Foreman and Ali’s “Rumble in the Jungle” in KinshasaIllustrated with color and black and white paintings and photographs of famous figures and locations as well as detailed maps and illustrations to aid in your journey through time The Time Traveler's Handbook is the ultimate guide to exploring history that unlocks the wonders of the past as never before Very clever idea best read in small bits