Samuel Pepys: The Saviour Of The Navy
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few figures in English history straddle the worlds of intimate private life and momentous public service quite like Samuel Pepys, and Arthur Bryant's Samuel Pepys: The Saviour of the Navy captures the full grandeur of this extraordinary man's later career. This richly researched biography chronicles Pepys's monumental efforts to reform and rebuild the Royal Navy during the turbulent reign of Charles II and James II, painting a portrait of a tireless administrator who dragged England's sea power from chaos into formidable strength — arguably saving the nation's maritime future in the process. Bryant writes with the authority of a seasoned historian and the narrative flair of a born storyteller, situating Pepys within the sweeping political and social upheavals of Restoration England. This volume — the second in Bryant's celebrated trilogy — illustrates how one man's fierce intellect and bureaucratic genius could reshape the destiny of an empire, drawing on Pepys's own diaries and correspondence to bring the age vividly to life. For anyone fascinated by the mechanics of power, the drama of the sea, and the character of a man who refused to let history pass him by, this biography presents an irresistible invitation to step back into one of England's most compelling centuries.
Author: Arthur Bryant
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few figures in English history straddle the worlds of intimate private life and momentous public service quite like Samuel Pepys, and Arthur Bryant's Samuel Pepys: The Saviour of the Navy captures the full grandeur of this extraordinary man's later career. This richly researched biography chronicles Pepys's monumental efforts to reform and rebuild the Royal Navy during the turbulent reign of Charles II and James II, painting a portrait of a tireless administrator who dragged England's sea power from chaos into formidable strength — arguably saving the nation's maritime future in the process. Bryant writes with the authority of a seasoned historian and the narrative flair of a born storyteller, situating Pepys within the sweeping political and social upheavals of Restoration England. This volume — the second in Bryant's celebrated trilogy — illustrates how one man's fierce intellect and bureaucratic genius could reshape the destiny of an empire, drawing on Pepys's own diaries and correspondence to bring the age vividly to life. For anyone fascinated by the mechanics of power, the drama of the sea, and the character of a man who refused to let history pass him by, this biography presents an irresistible invitation to step back into one of England's most compelling centuries.