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Samuel Pepys achieved fame as a naval administrator, a friend and colleague of the powerful and learned, a figure of substance. But for nearly ten years he kept a private diary in which he recorded, with unparalleled openness and sensitivity to the turbulent world around him, exactly what it was like to be a young man in Restoration London.
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Samuel Pepys, Claire Tomalin
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- Released
- 2003
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- Title
- Samuel Pepys
- Subtitle
- The Unequalled Self
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Claire Tomalin
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0140282343
- ISBN13
- 9780140282344
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, True Stories, Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs, British Literature, 17th century
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- Samuel Pepys achieved fame as a naval administrator, a friend and colleague of the powerful and learned, a figure of substance. But for nearly ten years he kept a private diary in which he recorded, with unparalleled openness and sensitivity to the turbulent world around him, exactly what it was like to be a young man in Restoration London.