DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SAMUEL PEPYS, F.R.S.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys #3

by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin (Introduction), A.M. FROM THE ORIGINAL SHORTHAND MS. THE DIARY DECIPHERED BY REV. J. SMITH (Editor)

THE DIARY DECIPHERED BY REV. J. SMITH, A.M. FROM THE ORIGINAL SHORTHAND MS. LIFE AND NOTES BY RICHARD, LORD BRAYBROOKE THIS IS VOLUME III OF FOUR FROM A LIMITED EDITION (1000 SETS)! WHAT A FIND!! MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED!!! Samuel Pepys, FRS 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) 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 both King Charles II and subsequently 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 London. PLUS----there are L-O-A-D-S of illustrations!!

Leather Bound

First published January 1, 1906

About the author

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 London.

His surname is usually pronounced /'pi:ps/ ('peeps').