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: Good
At the heart of one of England's most turbulent and transformative centuries stands Samuel Pepys — diarist, civil servant, and, as Arthur Bryant masterfully argues, the singular man responsible for rescuing the Royal Navy from administrative ruin. Samuel Pepys: The Saviour of the Navy chronicles the final and most consequential chapter of Pepys's extraordinary public career, detailing his years as Secretary of the Admiralty and his relentless campaign to rebuild a fleet crippled by corruption, incompetence, and neglect in the reign of Charles II and James II. Bryant presents a portrait of a man driven by an almost obsessive dedication to professional excellence, navigating a treacherous political landscape of court intrigue, parliamentary opposition, and personal persecution with remarkable tenacity. The third and concluding volume of Bryant's celebrated Pepys trilogy, this work stands as a landmark of biographical writing — scrupulously researched, richly detailed, and written with a narrative vigour that reads as compellingly as historical fiction. Bryant's prose illuminates the sweeping panorama of Restoration England with precision and wit, anchoring grand political events in the intimate texture of one man's daily life. Beyond the biography of a single figure, this is a definitive account of how a modern bureaucratic navy was forged from chaos — and a lingering question hangs over every page: without Samuel Pepys, would Britain's age of naval supremacy ever have dawned?
Author: Arthur Bryant
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the heart of one of England's most turbulent and transformative centuries stands Samuel Pepys — diarist, civil servant, and, as Arthur Bryant masterfully argues, the singular man responsible for rescuing the Royal Navy from administrative ruin. Samuel Pepys: The Saviour of the Navy chronicles the final and most consequential chapter of Pepys's extraordinary public career, detailing his years as Secretary of the Admiralty and his relentless campaign to rebuild a fleet crippled by corruption, incompetence, and neglect in the reign of Charles II and James II. Bryant presents a portrait of a man driven by an almost obsessive dedication to professional excellence, navigating a treacherous political landscape of court intrigue, parliamentary opposition, and personal persecution with remarkable tenacity. The third and concluding volume of Bryant's celebrated Pepys trilogy, this work stands as a landmark of biographical writing — scrupulously researched, richly detailed, and written with a narrative vigour that reads as compellingly as historical fiction. Bryant's prose illuminates the sweeping panorama of Restoration England with precision and wit, anchoring grand political events in the intimate texture of one man's daily life. Beyond the biography of a single figure, this is a definitive account of how a modern bureaucratic navy was forged from chaos — and a lingering question hangs over every page: without Samuel Pepys, would Britain's age of naval supremacy ever have dawned?