Quotations from the Diary of Samuel Pepys
Author | : David Widger |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2013-04-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781627931335 |
ISBN-13 | : 1627931333 |
Rating | : 4/5 (333 Downloads) |
Download or read book Quotations from the Diary of Samuel Pepys written by David Widger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-29 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diary which Samuel Pepys kept from January 1660 to May 1669 ...is one of our greatest historical records and... a major work of English literature, writes the renowned historian Paul Johnson. A witness to the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666, Pepys chronicled the events of his day. Originally written in a cryptic shorthand, Pepys's diary provides an astonishingly frank and diverting account of political intrigues and naval, church, and cultural affairs, as well as a quotidian journal of daily life in London during the Restoration.