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Samuel Pepys
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born
February 23, 1633
died
May 26, 1703
gender
male
place of birth
London, England, The United Kingdom
genre
History, Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs
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Samuel Pepys was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary. Although Pepys had no maritime experience, he rose by patronage, hard work and his talent for administration, to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under King James II. His influence and reforms at the Admiralty were important in the early professionalization of the Royal Navy.
The detailed private diary he kept during 1660–1669 was first published in the nineteenth century, and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War and the Gr...more
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys avg rating 3.80 — 111 ratings — published 1921 21 editions |
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660 by Samuel Pepys avg rating 3.50 — 14 ratings — published 1953 9 editions |
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Pepys' Diary by Samuel Pepys avg rating 5.00 — 9 ratings — published 2006 4 editions |
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Illustrated Pepys: Extracts from the Diary. Selected and Ed by Robert Latham (240p) by Samuel Pepys avg rating 4.22 — 9 ratings — published 1978 3 editions |
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. 4: 1663 by Samuel Pepys avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published 1971 2 editions |
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1661 by Samuel Pepys avg rating 4.33 — 6 ratings — published 1953 10 editions |
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The Concise Pepys by Samuel Pepys avg rating 3.12 — 8 ratings — published 1999 |
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A Pepys Anthology by Samuel Pepys avg rating 3.33 — 6 ratings — published 1988 4 editions |
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1666 by Samuel Pepys avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 1972 8 editions |
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1667 by Samuel Pepys avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 2000 5 editions |
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"Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody."
— Samuel Pepys (The Diary of Samuel Pepys)
— Samuel Pepys (The Diary of Samuel Pepys)
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dinner
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"Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them. "
— Samuel Pepys
— Samuel Pepys
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marriage
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