The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection

The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection

by Samuel Pepys

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Published to co-incide with the pbk of Claire Tomalin's Whitbread Prize-winning biography The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London - Pepys provides a definitive eyewitness account. Along with lively descriptions of his socializing, his amorous entanglements, his theatre-going & music-making. Unequalled for its frankness, high spirits & sharp observations, the diary is both a literary masterpiece & a marvellous portrait of 17th-century life.

Author: Samuel Pepys
Format: Paperback, 1152 pages, 130mm x 198mm, 779 g
Published: 2003, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Biography: Historical, Political & Military

Vendor: Secondhand Stock
SKU: 9780141439938-SECONDHAND
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Published to co-incide with the pbk of Claire Tomalin's Whitbread Prize-winning biography The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London - Pepys provides a definitive eyewitness account. Along with lively descriptions of his socializing, his amorous entanglements, his theatre-going & music-making. Unequalled for its frankness, high spirits & sharp observations, the diary is both a literary masterpiece & a marvellous portrait of 17th-century life.