| Author | : Kate Loveman |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0198732686 |
"This study uses [Pepys's] surviving papers to examine reading practices, collecting, and the exchange of information in the late 17th century"--Back cover.
| Author | : Samuel Pepys |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2020-04-14 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 9781789430981 |
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.
| Author | : Samuel Pepys |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 1164 |
| Release | : 1985-01-01 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780520034266 |
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
| Author | : Neal Stephenson |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 480 |
| Release | : 2009-10-13 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0061792772 |
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 ...
| Author | : Samuel Pepys |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 54 |
| Release | : 2015-03-19 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 0141397551 |
'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.
| Author | : Margaret Willes |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 351 |
| Release | : 2017-09-19 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0300231725 |
An intimate portrait of two pivotal Restoration figures during one of the most dramatic periods of English history Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn are two of the most celebrated English diarists. They were also extraordinary men and close friends. This first full portrait of that friendship transforms our understanding of their times. Pepys was earthy and shrewd, while Evelyn was a genteel aesthete, but both were drawn to intellectual pursuits. Brought together by their work to alleviate the plight of sailors caught up in the Dutch wars, they shared an inexhaustible curiosity for life and for the exotic. Willes explores their mutual interests—diary-keeping, science, travel, and a love of books—and their divergent enthusiasms, Pepys for theater and music, Evelyn for horticulture and garden design. Through the richly documented lives of two remarkable men, Willes revisits the history of London and of England in an age of regicide, revolution, fire, and plague to reveal it also as a time of enthralling possibility.
| Author | : Samuel Pepys |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 520 |
| Release | : 1970-07 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0520015754 |
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.
