The world's best-loved stories brought to life in the full context of their eras: The Whole Story series, with its unique documentary approach, makes the classics accessible to new generations of readers - as well as to audiences wanting to reread, rediscover, and newly appreciate these enduringly popular stories.- Complete, unabridged text as originally published.- Generously annotated with hundreds of extended captions: lively, succinct explanations of history, geography, popular culture, social customs, the animal world, architecture, literature, and science.- Lavishly illustrated in colour and black and white, featuring line drawings, maps, photographs, diagrams, and paintings, many of which date from when the story was written.
