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Samuel Pepys

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born

February 23, 1633 in London, England, The United Kingdom

died

May 26, 1703

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male

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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 Great Fire of Lo...more

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Books by Samuel Pepys

Average rating: 3.93 · 755 ratings · 94 reviews · 264 distinct works

	The Diary Of Samuel Pepys 386 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 1825 — 63 editions	My rating:
	The Illustrated Pepys: Extracts from the Diary by Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (Editor) 417 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Diary Of Samuel Pepys 1660 393 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1953 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Concise Pepys 380 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Diary Of Samuel Pepys 1661 409 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1953 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Shorter Pepys 460 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1985	My rating:
	A Pepys Anthology by Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (Translator), Linnet Latham (Translator) 358 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1666 by Samuel Pepys, Henry B. Wheatley (Editor) 433 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1972 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Samuel Peyps Diary by Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright (Translator) 443 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1665 408 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Samuel Pepys

“Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.”
― Samuel Pepys, The Diary Of Samuel Pepys

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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

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“The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and, out of my observation that most men that do thrive in the world do forget to take pleasure during the time that they are getting their estate, but reserve that till they have got one, and then it is too late for them to enjoy it.”
― Samuel Pepys, The Diary Of Samuel Pepys

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