Samuel Pepys and His Books

Samuel Pepys and His Books

Author: Kate Loveman

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 0198732686

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"This study uses [Pepys's] surviving papers to examine reading practices, collecting, and the exchange of information in the late 17th century"--Back cover.


The Diary of Samuel Pepys

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Author: Samuel Pepys

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04-14

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781789430981

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Samuel Pepys gives a unique first hand account of life during the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London. Pepys stayed in London while many of the wealthy fled the city in the face of the plague. His careful observation and interest in the details of people's lives as well as the events of the time are unparalleled.


The Shorter Pepys

The Shorter Pepys

Author: Samuel Pepys

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1985-01-01

Total Pages: 1164

ISBN-13: 9780520034266

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Selections from Samuel Pepys' diary offers a vivid picture of seventeenth century British life, and are accompanied by background information concerning his life and times


The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. 1

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. 1

Author: Samuel Pepys

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1970-07

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 0520015754

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The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London - Pepys provides a definitive eyewitness account. Along with lively descriptions of his socializing, his amorous entanglements, his theater-going & music-making. Unequaled for its frankness, high spirits & sharp observations, the diary is both a literary masterpiece & a marvelous portrait of 17th-century life. Acclaimed by 'The Times' as "one of the glories of contemporary English publishing" and by Sir Arthur Bryant as "complete perfection", the Latham and Matthews edition remains the authoritative text and provides the source for this magnificent Folio Society publication.


The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete

The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete

Author: Samuel Pepys

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-20

Total Pages: 2874

ISBN-13:

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Samuel Pepys was an English diarist and naval administrator whose private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 (yet first published in the 19th century) is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. Besides personal revelations like court intrigue, gossip, living conditions, weather, diet, counterfeiting, public hangings, it also contains eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London.


Quicksilver

Quicksilver

Author: Neal Stephenson

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 0061792772

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Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight. It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe -- London street urchin turned swashbuckling adventurer and legendary King of the Vagabonds -- risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox. And it is the tale of Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent Europe through the newborn power of finance. A gloriously rich, entertaining, and endlessly inventive novel that brings a remarkable age and its momentous events to vivid life, Quicksilver is an extraordinary achievement from one of the most original and important literary talents of our time. And it's just the beginning ...


The Great Fire of London

The Great Fire of London

Author: Samuel Pepys

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-03-19

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 0141397551

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'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops' A selection from Pepys' startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.


The Joys of Excess

The Joys of Excess

Author: Samuel Pepys

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2011-04-07

Total Pages: 77

ISBN-13: 0141966033

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As well as being the most celebrated diarist of all time, Samuel Pepys was also a hearty drinker, eater and connoisseur of epicurean delights, who indulged in every pleasure seventeenth-century London had to offer. Whether he is feasting on barrels of oysters, braces of carps, larks' tongues and copious amounts of wine, merrymaking in taverns until the early hours, attending formal dinners with lords and ladies or entertaining guests at home with his young wife, these irresistible selections from Pepys's diaries provide a frank, high-spirited and vivid picture of the joys of over-indulgence - and the side-effects afterwards.