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Samuel Pepys - Plague, Fire, Revolution (Hardcover)
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Samuel Pepys - Plague, Fire, Revolution (Hardcover)
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This book, published to coincide with a major exhibition at the
National Maritime Museum to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great
Fire of London, centres on Samuel Pepys (1633 1703), the famous
diarist and the greatest administrator of the Stuart Age. Not only
a passionate diarist, Pepys was also a prolific correspondent who
lived through and wrote about all the key events and leading
individuals of his time: the Restoration of Charles II, the Great
Plague, the Fire of London, the raid of the Dutch fleet in the
river Medway, the King's mistresses. Through a series of essays by
leading experts, this publication reveals the rich diversity of his
career and interests - from the theatre, to advances in science and
development of the Royal Navy. His life was so utterly entwined
with the extraordinary period he lived through - he was even a
witness to the beheading of Charles I - that the book becomes a
portrait of the age. Each chapter has two or three essays followed
by discussion of specific objects and paintings.
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