The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection (Paperback, New Ed)

Samuel Pepys; Edited by Robert Latham

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‘But Lord, what a sad sight it was by moonlight to see the whole City almost on fire’

The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events – the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague and the Fire of London – Pepys provides a definitive eyewitness account. As well as recording public and historical events, Pepys paints a vivid picture of his personal life, from his socializing and amorous entanglements, to theatre going and his work at the Navy Board. Unequalled for its frankness, high spirits and sharp observations, the diary is both a literary masterpiece and a marvellous portrait of seventeenth-century life.

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS THE SHORTER PEPYS

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2003
First published:	September 2007
Authors:	Samuel Pepys
Editors:	Robert Latham
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 49mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	1152
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-143993-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	0-14-143993-9
Barcode:	9780141439938