Skip to main content
.co.uk
Delivering to London W1D 7
Update location
Historical Essays, Journals, Letters & True Accounts
Select the department you want to search in
Historical Essays, Journals, Letters & True Accounts
All Departments
Alexa Skills
Amazon Devices
Amazon Global Store
Amazon Warehouse
Apps & Games
Audible Audiobooks
Baby
Beauty
Books
Car & Motorbike
CDs & Vinyl
Classical Music
Computers & Accessories
Deals
Digital Music
DIY & Tools
DVD & Blu-ray
Electronics & Photo
Fashion
Women
Men
Girls
Boys
Baby
Garden & Outdoors
Gift Cards
Grocery
Handmade
Health & Personal Care
Home & Business Services
Home & Kitchen
Industrial & Scientific
Kindle Store
Large Appliances
Lighting
Luggage and travel gear
Luxury Stores
Musical Instruments & DJ Equipment
PC & Video Games
Pet Supplies
Premium Beauty
Prime Video
Software
Sports & Outdoors
Stationery & Office Supplies
Subscribe & Save
Toys & Games
Search Amazon.co.uk
Hello, sign in
Account & Lists
Returns
& Orders
Basket
All
Best Sellers
New Releases
Prime
Today's Deals
Music
Books
Gift Cards & Top Up
Home & Garden
Electronics
Fashion
Beauty
Toys & Games
Pet Supplies
PC & Video Games
PC
Health & Personal Care
Car & Motorbike
Baby
Grocery
Shopper Toolkit
Sell on Amazon
Subscribe & Save
Gift Ideas
Vouchers
Sports & Outdoors
Audible
Free Delivery
Custom Products
Customer Service
Disability Customer Support
Books
Advanced Search
Best Sellers & more
Top New Releases
Deals in Books
School Books
Textbooks
Books Outlet
Children's Books
Calendars & Diaries
Audible Audiobooks
Amazon Editors' Choice
Browse Books
Popular in Books
Best Books of 2023
Top New Releases
Amazon Charts
Best Sellers
School Books
Amazon Editors' Choice
Books Deals
All Deals in Books
Books Outlet
10% off for Prime Student members
More in Books
Audiobooks
Textbooks
Kindle Books
All Kindle Books
Kindle Deals
Kindle Unlimited
Free Kindle Reading Apps
Kindle Newsstand
Prime Reading
Popular Brands
Harry Potter
Joe Wicks
Danielle Steel
Prime Reading
Prime Reading Eligible
Prime Reading Eligible
New Arrivals
Last 30 days
Last 90 days
Next 90 days
Department
Books
History
Historical Study & Educational Resources
Essays, Journals, Letters & True Accounts
Format
Hardcover
Paperback
Audiobooks
Kindle Books
Kindle Unlimited
Kindle Unlimited Eligible
Kindle Unlimited Eligible
Author
Helen Carr
Helen Carr
Suzannah Lipscomb
Suzannah Lipscomb
Alexandra Harris
Alexandra Harris
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
George Orwell
George Orwell
Michael Sherborne
Michael Sherborne
Mona Chollet
Mona Chollet
Language
English
English
French
French
German
German
Italian
Italian
Spanish
Spanish
Book Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Penguin Modern Classics
Penguin Classics
Penguin Classics
Oxford World's Classics
Oxford World's Classics
Oxford World’s Classics
Oxford World’s Classics
Oxford Paperbacks
Oxford Paperbacks
Collins Classics
Collins Classics
Object Lessons
Object Lessons
Business Type
Small Business
Small Business
Global Store
Amazon Global Store
Amazon Global Store
Amazon Prime
Prime Eligible
Eligible for free delivery
Free UK Delivery by Amazon
Free UK Delivery by Amazon
FREE Delivery on orders over £10 for books or over £25 for other categories shipped by Amazon
Delivery Day
Get It Tomorrow
Get It Tomorrow
Avg. Customer Review
4 Stars & Up
& Up
3 Stars & Up
& Up
2 Stars & Up
& Up
1 Star & Up
& Up
Price
Up to £5
£5 to £10
£10 to £20
£20 to £50
£50 & above
International Shipping
International Shipping Eligible
International Shipping Eligible
Deals & Discounts
All Discounts
Today's Deals
Condition
New
Used
Availability
Include Out of Stock
Include Out of Stock
See product details
Customers also bought
Top rated
See more
£18.09
£
18
.
09
£25.00
The Rising Down: Lives in a Sussex Landscape
4.7 out of 5 stars
8
Quick look
£3.99
£
3
.
99
£10.99
What Is History, Now?
4.4 out of 5 stars
136
Quick look
£9.09
£
9
.
09
£9.99
Down and Out in Paris and London: George Orwell (Penguin Modern Classics)
4.4 out of 5 stars
4,918
Quick look
£5.03
£
5
.
03
£6.99
We Should All Be Feminists: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.6 out of 5 stars
22,052
Quick look
£17.50
£
17
.
50
£22.99
Fingerprints Of The Gods: The International Bestseller From the Creator of Netflix’s ‘Ancient Apocalypse’.
4.6 out of 5 stars
5,892
Quick look
£5.99
£
5
.
99
£10.99
Speeches That Changed the World
4.4 out of 5 stars
64
Quick look
£23.85
£
23
.
85
£30.00
The Muse of History: The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present
5.0 out of 5 stars
1
Quick look
£9.19
£
9
.
19
£9.99
Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century
4.5 out of 5 stars
552
Quick look
£9.85
£
9
.
85
£10.99
Second-hand Time
4.5 out of 5 stars
414
Quick look
£19.35
£
19
.
35
Table Talk
4.5 out of 5 stars
133
Quick look
£9.99
£
9
.
99
£16.99
Calm the F**k Down: how to control what you can and accept what you can't so you can stop freaking out and get on with your life (A No F*cks Given Guide)
4.5 out of 5 stars
3,564
Quick look
£30.03
£
30
.
03
£40.00
Domesday Book: A Complete Translation (Penguin Classics)
4.6 out of 5 stars
249
Quick look
See product details
Customers also bought
Most wished for
See more
£21.70
£
21
.
70
£30.00
Earthly Delights: A History of the Renaissance
4.6 out of 5 stars
23
Quick look
£9.15
£
9
.
15
£10.99
In Defence of Witches: Why women are still on trial
4.3 out of 5 stars
337
Quick look
£6.49
£
6
.
49
£25.00
The Rising Down
4.7 out of 5 stars
8
Quick look
£21.07
£
21
.
07
£25.00
The Nirvana Express: How the Search for Enlightenment Went West
4.1 out of 5 stars
18
Quick look
£9.99
£
9
.
99
£16.99
The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider
3.9 out of 5 stars
12
Quick look
£8.99
£
8
.
99
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Oxford World's Classics)
4.7 out of 5 stars
352
Quick look
£14.09
£
14
.
09
£16.99
The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider
3.9 out of 5 stars
12
Quick look
£13.65
£
13
.
65
£17.99
Cursed Objects: Strange But True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items
4.5 out of 5 stars
971
Quick look
£5.99
£
5
.
99
£10.99
In Defence of Witches: Why women are still on trial
4.3 out of 5 stars
337
Quick look
£11.99
£
11
.
99
The War Diaries of Colin Dunford Wood, Volume 1: Soldier to Airman: North West Frontier, India, Iraq, 1939-41 (To Burma and Back)
4.3 out of 5 stars
22
Quick look
£10.11
£
10
.
11
£10.99
Reflections on the Revolution in France: Edmund Burke (English Library)
4.4 out of 5 stars
558
Quick look
£4.99
£
4
.
99
£15.99
The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
4.3 out of 5 stars
1,230
Quick look
See product details
Customers also bought
Best sellers
See more
£3.99
£
3
.
99
£10.99
What Is History, Now?
4.4 out of 5 stars
136
Quick look
£5.03
£
5
.
03
£6.99
We Should All Be Feminists: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.6 out of 5 stars
22,052
Quick look
£18.09
£
18
.
09
£25.00
The Rising Down: Lives in a Sussex Landscape
4.7 out of 5 stars
8
Quick look
£9.09
£
9
.
09
£9.99
Down and Out in Paris and London: George Orwell (Penguin Modern Classics)
4.4 out of 5 stars
4,918
Quick look
£5.99
£
5
.
99
£10.99
Speeches That Changed the World
4.4 out of 5 stars
64
Quick look
£9.85
£
9
.
85
£10.99
Utilitarianism and Other Essays (Penguin Classics)
4.2 out of 5 stars
65
Quick look
£12.35
£
12
.
35
£14.99
Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America (Penguin Classics)
4.6 out of 5 stars
458
Quick look
£9.15
£
9
.
15
£10.99
In Defence of Witches: Why women are still on trial
4.3 out of 5 stars
337
Quick look
£7.99
£
7
.
99
£10.99
Their Darkest Hour: People Tested to the Extreme in WWII
4.3 out of 5 stars
208
Quick look
£23.85
£
23
.
85
£30.00
The Muse of History: The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present
5.0 out of 5 stars
1
Quick look
£17.50
£
17
.
50
£22.99
Fingerprints Of The Gods: The International Bestseller From the Creator of Netflix’s ‘Ancient Apocalypse’.
4.6 out of 5 stars
5,892
Quick look
£9.19
£
9
.
19
£9.99
Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century
4.5 out of 5 stars
552
Quick look
Featured deals
Previous
33
% off
Limited time deal
The Wild Garden: Expanded Edition
23
% off
Limited time deal
The Celtic Myths That Shape the Way We Think (The Myths That Shape The Way We Think)
Next
See product details
Customers also bought
Hot new releases
See more
£23.00
£
23
.
00
£25.00
The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World
Quick look
£0.00
£
0
.
00
£16.69
The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past
Quick look
£0.00
£
0
.
00
£31.99
The Muse of History: The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present
5.0 out of 5 stars
1
Quick look
£1.93
£
1
.
93
£6.99
Tales and Yarns from Leicester's Secret Garden.
Quick look
£14.99
£
14
.
99
Cult Following: The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations―and Take Over Our Lives
Quick look
£4.99
£
4
.
99
Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative
Quick look
£18.40
£
18
.
40
£20.00
Strange Relations: Masculinity, Sexuality and Art in Mid-Century America
Quick look
£16.01
£
16
.
01
An Image of My Name Enters America: Essays
Quick look
£16.99
£
16
.
99
£30.00
The Muse of History: The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present
5.0 out of 5 stars
1
Quick look
£13.99
£
13
.
99
£18.99
Contra la Revolución Francesa: Ni libertad, ni igualdad ni fraternidad (HarperCollins No Ficción) (Spanish Edition)
4.9 out of 5 stars
19
Quick look
£9.19
£
9
.
19
£9.99
Who's There: Travels in Place and Time
Quick look
£8.24
£
8
.
24
£10.99
Calm the F**k Down (A No F*cks Given Guide)
4.5 out of 5 stars
3,564
Quick look
See product details
Customers also bought
Most gifted
See more
£7.50
£
7
.
50
Twenty Years A-Growing (Oxford Paperbacks)
4.6 out of 5 stars
268
Quick look
£12.95
£
12
.
95
£15.99
The White Island
4.4 out of 5 stars
164
Quick look
£5.42
£
5
.
42
Wage Labour and Capital
4.6 out of 5 stars
46
Quick look
£18.00
£
18
.
00
Practical Idealism: The Kalergi Plan to destroy European peoples
4.5 out of 5 stars
89
Quick look
£9.19
£
9
.
19
£9.99
97,196 Words: Essays
4.2 out of 5 stars
117
Quick look
£10.99
£
10
.
99
£14.99
Ordinary Notes
4.7 out of 5 stars
43
Quick look
£12.49
£
12
.
49
£14.95
The Last of the Light: About Twilight
4.7 out of 5 stars
33
Quick look
£6.99
£
6
.
99
In Defense Of Sanity: The Best Essays of G.K. Chesterton
4.8 out of 5 stars
405
Quick look
£10.99
£
10
.
99
£12.99
Mud Sweeter than Honey: Voices of Communist Albania
4.6 out of 5 stars
73
Quick look
£15.43
£
15
.
43
£20.00
The Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think
4.7 out of 5 stars
19
Quick look
£15.89
£
15
.
89
£19.99
France in the World: A New Global History
4.5 out of 5 stars
46
Quick look
£5.99
£
5
.
99
Panzram : Butchering Humanity: An Autobiography
4.3 out of 5 stars
621
Quick look
1-12 of over 40,000 results for
Essays, Journals, Letters & True Accounts
See all results
Back to top
Get to Know Us
Careers
About Us
UK Modern Slavery Statement
Sustainability
Amazon Science
Make Money with Us
Sell on Amazon
Sell on Amazon Business
Sell on Amazon Handmade
Sell on Amazon Launchpad
Supply to Amazon
Protect and build your brand
Associates Programme
Fulfilment by Amazon
Seller Fulfilled Prime
Advertise Your Products
Independently Publish with Us
Amazon Pay
Host an Amazon Hub
›
See More Make Money with Us
Amazon Payment Methods
Instalments by Barclays
Amazon Platinum Mastercard
Amazon Classic Mastercard
Gift Cards
Amazon Currency Converter
Payment Methods Help
Shop with Points
Top Up Your Account
Top Up Your Account in Store
Let Us Help You
COVID-19 and Amazon
Track Packages or View Orders
Delivery Rates & Policies
Amazon Prime
Returns & Replacements
Recycling
Manage Your Content and Devices
Recalls and Product Safety Alerts
Amazon Mobile App
Customer Service
Accessibility
£
GBP - Pounds
United Kingdom
Amazon Music
Stream millions
of songs
AbeBooks
Books, art
& collectables
ACX
Audiobook Publishing
Made Easy
Amazon Web Services
Scalable Cloud
Computing Services
Audible
Download Audiobooks
Goodreads
Book reviews
& recommendations
Amazon Home Services
Experienced pros
Happiness Guarantee
IMDb
Movies, TV
& Celebrities
Kindle Direct Publishing
Indie Digital & Print Publishing
Made Easy
Shopbop
Designer
Fashion Brands
Amazon Warehouse
Deep Discounts
Open-Box Products
Amazon Business
Service for
business customers
Conditions of Use & Sale
Privacy Notice
Cookies Notice
Interest-Based Ads Notice
© 1996-2024, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates