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  • Published: 7 July 2003
  • ISBN: 9780141439938
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 1152
  • RRP: $40.00

The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection




Published to co-incide with the pbk of Claire Tomalin's Whitbread Prize-winning biography

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 theatre-going & music-making. Unequalled for its frankness, high spirits & sharp observations, the diary is both a literary masterpiece & a marvellous portrait of 17th-century life.

  • Published: 7 July 2003
  • ISBN: 9780141439938
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 1152
  • RRP: $40.00

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