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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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

'Sex, drink, plague, wars, marital conflict ... Claire Tomalin seizes the life with both hands' Hermione Lee Claire Tomalin's thrilling life of Pepys carried all before it when it was...

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...

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...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew figures in English history straddle the worlds of intimate private life and momentous public service quite like...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the heart of one of England's most turbulent and transformative centuries stands Samuel Pepys — diarist, civil servant, and,...

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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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the heart of one of England's most turbulent political eras stands Samuel Pepys — naval administrator, diarist, and unlikely survivor — and Arthur Bryant's Samuel...

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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...

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'...

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.

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...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodOne of the most intimate and vivid windows into seventeenth-century England, Pepys' Diary stands as an unparalleled masterpiece of personal writing — a candid,...

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...

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 -...

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...

Pepys's diary has made him a literary celebrity. In his own time he was known as the chief naval official under Charles II and James II and this aspect of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Irene Taylor Format: Paperback...

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...

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...

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...

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...

George Canning describes his maiden speech in 1974, Benjamin Disraeli the vote that brought down Sir Robert Peel's administration in 1845. William Jerdan witnesses the assassination of a prime minister,...

Author: Peter Furtado Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Humanity has always been struck by pestilence and pandemics, from the plagues of ancient Egypt to the pox that ravaged Europe...