New selection of Pepys' letters throws light on his life and early
career, and includes 30 never previously published. The
correspondence included here represents the first selection of
Pepys's letters drawn from all possible sources to be published
since 1933. Since the Diary does not cover this period, the letters
enable the reader to follow Pepys' early career on the staff of the
Earl of Sandwich, his rise to greatness as Secretary of the
Admiralty, and his retirement after the Glorious Revolution. Along
the way Pepys fought battles with opponents of his naval reforms
and enemies who tried to implicate him in the Popish Plot, while
taking care of his various relatives and keeping up with an array
of friends and acquaintances who included many of the great and
famous of late-seventeenth-century England. The letters have been
chosen to reflect all these aspects of Pepys's varied and
fascinating life, and include 30 never before published. They are
accompanied by a running commentary, biographies of persons
mentioned, aglossary, a chronology, and an introduction that
explains how the letters have survived and analyses how they were
written. GUY DE LA BÉDOYERE is an historian and archaeologist with
numerous books to his credit. His specialist field is Roman Britain
but he has published three books for Boydell on the 'other'
seventeenth-century diarist, John Evelyn [1620-1706], including the
widely-acclaimed Particular Friends: The Correspondence of
SamuelPepys and John Evelyn which features all the letters
exchanged by the two men over a period of 38 years.
General
| Imprint: |
The Boydell Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2009 |
| First published: |
2009 |
| Editors: |
Guy De La Bedoyere
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
290 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84383-514-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-84383-514-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781843835141 |
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