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Paris 1789: A Guide to Paris on the Eve of the Revolution
Rachel Wright, Julie Ferris
Hardcover (Kingfisher, April 30, 1999)You will need a reliable travel guide if you are to visit Paris in 1789. It's an exciting and dangerous time. Since the storming of the Bastille in July, control over Paris has slipped from King Louis XVI's grasp, and a full-fledged revolution is just around the corner. Checking under the heading "Accommodation," you'll find that while there are many rooms available for rent, it would be preferable to stay with someone wealthy enough to afford to pay the carriers who deliver the daily pail of water. "Getting around" Paris might present a challenge if you like to keep your clothes clean - the guide suggests hiring one of the many gutter-leapers to carry you on his back across the open sewers in the crowded, narrow, noisy streets. In the back of the book, intrepid young time travelers will find a fold-out map that provides a geographical setting for all the points of interest, and a special "tourist quiz" that makes learning history as much fun as taking a vacation.
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California Gold Rush: A guide to California in the 1850s
Julie Ferris
Hardcover (Kingfisher, Sept. 1, 1999)An informative and colorful travel guide, which includes a fold-out map, presents a look at the sites and society that existed in San Francisco during the time of the Gold Rush in the 1850s.
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Shakespeare's London: A Guide to Elizabethan London
Julie Ferris
Hardcover (Kingfisher, April 15, 2000)Young readers can delve into the enthralling world of Elizabethan London in a travel guide that provides a bevy of travel tips, from visiting the royal menagerie at the Tower of London to attending a service at St. Paul's Cathedral.
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Viking World: A Guide to 11th Century Scandinavia
Julie Ferris
Hardcover (Kingfisher, Sept. 15, 2000)Cruise the Scandinavian fjords and rivers - and visit a Viking settlement in North America - in this historical travel guide to the Norse civilization of northern Europe.
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Ancient Egypt: A Guide to Egypt in the Time of the Pharoahs
Sally Tagholm
Hardcover (Kingfisher, April 30, 1999)Take a boat trip down the crocodile-infested Nile, travel by donkey to the pyramids at Giza, and hire a palanquin to complete the tour in style. This historical travel guide is packed with fascinating facts and colorful illustrations offering kids a unique and enjoyable way to look at Ancient Egypt, its people, places and customs. Looking under headings such as "Accommodation" reveals that a comfortable night's sleep in Thebes may be hard to find since beds were made with ropes or leather straps. "Top attractions" include the recently constructed temples at Karnak and Luxor, and "Getting around" includes tips on the safest ways to travel. Kids will be amused to discover why fashionable folk pin cones of perfumed fat to their heads, how "sniffer baboons" patrol the markets for thieves, and how to avoid being roped into service in the harvest season. A fold-out map at the end of the book helps kids locate all the sites mentioned, and a "tourist quiz" lets young Egyptologists test themselves on the essential information they need to know before they go!
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Aztecs and Incas: A Guide to the Pre-Colonized Americas in 1504
Camilla Reid
Hardcover (Kingfisher, Sept. 15, 2000)Take a close-up look at the great dynasties and civilizations of North, Central, and South America, but remember to pay attention to the sightseer tips -- you don't want to become a human sacrifice.
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Ancient Greece: A guide to the Golden Age of Greece
Julie Ferris
Hardcover (Kingfisher, Sept. 1, 1999)A tour of Greece in the time of Pericles--designed like a city travel guide--examines the theater, Acropolis, countryside, food and drink, marketplace, clothing, methods of travel, Olympics, and more.
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Sightseers: Paris 1789
Richard Wright
Paperback (Kingfisher Books, April 7, 1999)This guide which presents facts and tips for the visitor to 18th-century Paris attempts to cover centuries of history in a few pages. As well as general information on a particular aspect of society, it contains useful tips for the traveller, providing details of that historical time.
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California Gold Rush: A Guide to California in the 1850s
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Aztecs and Incas: A Guide to Two Great Empires in 1504
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Flexibound (Kingfisher Books Ltd, Aug. 10, 2000)This travel guide attempts to cover centuries of history in a few pages. As well as general information on an aspect of society, it contains useful tips for the traveller, providing details of that historical time. This book explores how the Aztecs and Incas lived.
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Ancient Greece
J. Ferros
Paperback (Kingfisher Books, Aug. 31, 1999)This guide which presents facts and tips for the visitor to Ancient Greece attempts to cover centuries of history in a few pages. As well as general information on a particular aspect of society, it contains useful tips for the traveller, providing details of that historical time.
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Ancient Rome : A Guide to the Glory of Imperial Rome
Jonathan Stroud
Paperback (Gardners Books, Feb. 29, 2000)This travel guide attempts to cover centuries of history in a few pages. As well as general information on particular aspects of society, it contains useful tips for the traveller, providing details of that historical time. This book explores the sights and sounds of ancient Rome.