ENGLISH

The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn

By Margaret Willes

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780300231724
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12477662 bytes)
Pages
304\350
Time added
2023-05-30 03:10:49

Description

An intimate portrait of two pivotal Restoration figures during one of the most dramatic periods of English history CONTENTS List of Illustrations Introduction: Curiouser and Curiouser Part I. ‘The World Do Not Grow Old at All’ 1. Two Worlds 2. The Decade of the Diaries 3. Prodigious Revolutions Part II. ‘Even Private Families are . . . the Best of Governments’ 4. Private Lives Part III. ‘I Do Indulge Myself a Little the More in Pleasure’ 5. Take Nobody’s Word for It 6. Pleasure Above All Things 7. Hortulan Affairs 8. Exotic Extravagances 9. The Affection Which We Have to Books Epilogue: And So to Bed Appendix: The True Domestick Intelligence Endnotes Select Bibliography Index

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