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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...

Best known for diaries that chronicle in brilliant detail his life and times during the turbulence of Restoration England, Samuel Pepys was an extraordinary man in an extraordinary time--member of...

Author: Samuel Pepys; Additions by Henry B. WheatleyBinding: HardbackPublished: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1923Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markOne of the most intimate and revealing documents in the English language, The Diary of Samuel Pepys transports readers directly into the heart...

'A brilliantly entertaining and revealing new transcription of Pepys's diary' Claire Tomalin A collection of the most personal aspects of Samuel Pepys' diaries, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of their...

'A brilliantly entertaining and revealing new transcription of Pepys's diary' Claire Tomalin A collection of the most personal aspects of Samuel Pepys' diaries, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of their...

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Edition: new ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles the remarkable career of Samuel Pepys, focusing on his pivotal role in...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles the formative years of one of England's most celebrated diarists, Samuel...

Author: Arthur BryantBinding: HardbackPublished: Reprint Society., 1953Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles the remarkable career of Samuel Pepys, focusing...

Author: Arthur BryantBinding: HardbackPublished: The Reprint Society, 1949Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical biography chronicles the formative years of one of England's most celebrated diarists,...

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The 1660s represent a turning point in English history and for all the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague and the Fire of London -...

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Author: Robert LathamBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates., 1979Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sun-faded spine, minor tears to edges of DJ, tanning and foxing to...

Generations of readers have found Pepys' diaries one of the best ways to vicariously experience the tumultuous world of seventeenth century London, the time of Restoration, the Plague, and the...

The book titled Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by the author Claire Tomalin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: John HearseyBinding: HardbackPublished: History Book Club, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has sticker remains and large tear on right edge front (see photo)'Young Mr Pepys'...

It is 1679 and England is awash with suspicion. Fear of conspiracy and religious terrorism has provoked panic in politicans and a zealous reaction from the legal system. Everywhere -...

Brings to life the world of Samuel Pepys with five walks through London. Samuel Pepys, the seventeenth century's best-known diarist, walked around London for miles, chronicling these walks in his...

Samuel Pepys's Diary stands with Shakespeare and the King James Bible as an indisputable treasure of English literature. As a picture of England, and especially of London, in the age...

Judged by contemporaries to be a 'perfidious rogue', Sir George Downing rose to prominence during the English Civil War as Oliver Cromwell's chief of military intelligence. In the Interregnum he...

Judged by contemporaries to be a 'perfidious rogue', Sir George Downing rose to prominence during the English Civil War as Oliver Cromwell's chief of military intelligence. In the Interregnum he...

Author: Robert LathamBinding: HardbackPublished: Bell & Hyman, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light tanning to block and some pages. All text legible.This...

Author: Deborah Swift Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir, Anne O'Brien and Elizabeth Chadwick, Deborah Swift brings a unique period in history...

Oscar Wilde once wrote "I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train." This book is your opportunity to discover a compendium...

Oscar Wilde once wrote "I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train." This book is your opportunity to discover a compendium...

During the reign of Charles II, London was a city in flux. After years of civil war and political turmoil, England's capital became the centre for major advances in the...

Most of us know a bit about what passes for good manners - holding doors open, sending thank-you notes, no elbows on the table. We certainly know bad manners when...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA rich and captivating anthology of travel writing, Travellers in Europe: Private Records of Journeys by the Great and the...

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Samuel Pepys is perhaps the best-known instance of the zest and versatility that characterize the second half of the 17th century, but his cousin and patron Edward Montague, first Earl...

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A landmark in Boswell and Johnson studies In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a...

'By far the most humane and imaginatively sympathetic account yet for the general reader' Amanda Craig, New Statesman Charles Dickens was a phenomenon- a demonically hardworking journalist, the father of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the towering intellect of eighteenth-century English literature comes The Complete English Poems, a definitive collection...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew windows into the soul of a great artist are as intimate and illuminating as his private correspondence, and the...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Behind the towering literary legend of Dr....