Download or read book Samuel Pepys and the World He Lived in written by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn written by Margaret Willes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Diary of Samuel Pepys written by Samuel Pepys and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Samuel Pepys and His Books written by Kate Loveman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study uses [Pepys's] surviving papers to examine reading practices, collecting, and the exchange of information in the late 17th century"--Back cover.

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