Samuel Pepys: A Life
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Pepys was a highly energetic man and closely involved in the strenuous and exciting times. This is an irresistible combination of public events and private passions, but above all this is a story of warmth and achievement, of affections and sadnesses, and of great things done by a man from no very special background who had to make his own way in the world. Here is a career of extraordinary richness and diversity, in PEPYS, Stephen Coote uses his skills as a historical biographer and accomplished story teller to reveal both the mind and the man, the life and the times with pace, detail, humour and wit.
Author: Stephen Coote
Format: Paperback, 400 pages, 131mm x 195mm, 296 g
Published: 2001, Hodder & Stoughton, United Kingdom
Genre: Biography: Historical, Political & Military
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Pepys was a highly energetic man and closely involved in the strenuous and exciting times. This is an irresistible combination of public events and private passions, but above all this is a story of warmth and achievement, of affections and sadnesses, and of great things done by a man from no very special background who had to make his own way in the world. Here is a career of extraordinary richness and diversity, in PEPYS, Stephen Coote uses his skills as a historical biographer and accomplished story teller to reveal both the mind and the man, the life and the times with pace, detail, humour and wit.
Samuel Pepys: A Life