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The Diary of Samuel Pepys

By Gallienne , Richard Le;Samuel Pepys

Book information

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group;Modern Library
ISBN
9780307824196, 0307824195
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1998970 bytes)
Edition
Modern Library pbk. ed
Pages
xxxviii, 352 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

The diary which Samuel Pepys kept from January 1660 to May 1669 ... is one of our greatest historical records and ... a major work of English literature," writes the renowned historian Paul Johnson. A witness to the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666, Pepys chronicled the events of his day. Originally written in a cryptic shorthand, Pepys's diary provides an astonishingly frank and diverting account of political intrigues and naval, church, and cultural affairs, as well as a quotidian journal of daily life in London during the Restoration.

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