Author: Samuel PepysPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Author: Samuel Pepys
Author: Samuel PepysThe Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete
Author: Samuel PepysPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 2874
Book Description
Samuel Pepys was an English diarist and naval administrator whose private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 (yet first published in the 19th century) is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. Besides personal revelations like court intrigue, gossip, living conditions, weather, diet, counterfeiting, public hangings, it also contains eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Author: Samuel PepysPublisher:
ISBN: 9781789430981
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Samuel Pepys gives a unique first hand account of life during the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London. Pepys stayed in London while many of the wealthy fled the city in the face of the plague. His careful observation and interest in the details of people's lives as well as the events of the time are unparalleled.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Author: Samuel PepysPublisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780141439938
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In his diary, Pepys provides a definitive eyewitness account of the main events in 1660s English history, along with lively descriptions of his socializing, his amorous entanglements, his theatre-going and music-making.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. 1
Author: Samuel PepysPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520015754
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
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 theater-going & music-making. Unequaled for its frankness, high spirits & sharp observations, the diary is both a literary masterpiece & a marvelous portrait of 17th-century life. Acclaimed by 'The Times' as "one of the glories of contemporary English publishing" and by Sir Arthur Bryant as "complete perfection", the Latham and Matthews edition remains the authoritative text and provides the source for this magnificent Folio Society publication.
The Shorter Pepys
Author: Samuel PepysPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520034266
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
Selections from Samuel Pepys' diary offers a vivid picture of seventeenth century British life, and are accompanied by background information concerning his life and times
Author: Samuel PepysThe Diary of Samuel Pepys
Author: Samuel PepysPublisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN: 1101907924
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
A newly edited selection from the most famous, colorful, and vivid diarist in the English language--in the most accessible, uncensored, and clearly annotated edition available. Though he rose to become the most powerful administrator in King Charles II's navy, when Samuel Pepys began writing his secret journal in 1660 he was just a young clerk living in London. Over the next nine years, he became eyewitness to some of the most significant events in seventeenth-century English history, among them, the Restoration, the Great Plague of London in 1665, and the Great Fire of London in 1666. Pepys's diary gives vivid descriptions of spectacular events, but much of the richness of the work lies in the details it provides about the minor dramas of daily life. While Pepys was keen to hear the king's views, he was also always ready to talk with a soldier, a housekeeper, or a child rag-picker. He records with searing frankness his tumultuous personal life, including his marriage, infidelities, ambitions, and power schemes. He recounts with relish all the latest scandals, and reflects his voracious delight in music, food, books, scientific discoveries, and fashion. The result is a lively, often astonishing diary and an unrivaled account of life in seventeenth-century London.
