Deze serie dompelt lezers onder in vervlogen tijdperken met intiem gedetailleerde en diep menselijke verhalen. Het brengt historische perioden en diverse culturen tot leven, waardoor je de dagelijkse realiteit van mensen uit het verleden kunt ervaren. Door levendige verslagen maak je verbinding met hun gewoonten, uitdagingen en triomfen. Het is een suggestieve reis die geschiedenis opmerkelijk aanwezig en persoonlijk laat aanvoelt.
For those who are fascinated by the lives of the people throughout history, Time-Life's What Life Was Like is the first book series to offer an intimately detailed, deeply human prospective on global history that lets you experience what life was really like and connect with people of the past.
Explores the civilization of Renaissance Italy, including the wars between city-states, Vatican intrigues, architecture, literature, art, fashion, and courtship rituals
Vikings, AD 800-1100 (What Life Was Like)
Drawing on art, artifacts, and literature that was left behind, these richly illustrated volumes recount captivating tales of everyday life in long-ago vanished worlds.
Offers a historical look at Britain's occupation of India from 1600 to 1905.
Provides an overview of the Middle ages from 800 to 1500 AD
The dazzling ancient Egyptian civilization, which was born by the river Nile and flourished for more than 3,000 years, captures our imagination as no other culture before or since. Their magnificent pyramids, colossal temples, and brooding Sphinx never fail to awe and astound us. But even more amazing are other artifacts, ones that the Egyptians never meant for us to see - rolls of papyrus, pottery chips, and tombs - that tell us about the people who built the grand structures that grace the Egyptian landscape.