false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181632725m/1173337.jpg 1173337 1 Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) began his celebrated diary on 1st January 1660 immediately prior to the Restoration of Charles II to the throne and the subsequent loosening of the rigid moral and social code enforced during the Puritan Commonwealth. As variously Clerk to the Council, a Member of Parliament, a prisoner in the Tower of London, twice Secretary to the Admiralty and President of the Royal Society, Pepys was in a unique position to observe and record in detail a fascinating ten-year period of English history which included not only the Restoration, but the Great Plague of 1665 and the Fire of London the following year. However it was not only the affairs of State which took up the great diarist's interest, for he was a regular attendant at the King's Theatre, was a hearty eater and drinker and delighted in recording his fondness for women, especially his own and his friends' young servant girls. 1161102 5 12 1999 The Concise Pepys (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) total:8|4:3|3:3|2:2| 8 25 16 3 4 0 false false Wed Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sun Nov 02 05:17:09 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 08:06:26 -0800 2008 I would hate to be around Mr Pepys if he ever went into verbose mode!
That said this is one of the most vibrant accounts I have ever read of historical events. It is detailed and real and very evocative of life and times in London in the mid to late 1600s. O...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 11:03:37 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 12:12:58 -0700 2009 1
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