![]() This is the only complete edition available it is as close to Pepys’s original as possible. The diary kept by name called Samuel Peeps is, of course, far more than some mere log of mundane daily events in the life of a contemporary of King Charles II and eyewitness to the back-to-back devastating hits experienced by Londoners between 16: the Great Plague and the Great Fire. This edition, first published in 1970, is the first in which the entire diary is printed with systematic comment. In none of the earlier versions was there a reliable, full text, with commentary and notation with any claim to completeness. His flair for gossip and detail reveals a portrait of the times that rivals the most swashbuckling and romantic historical novels. Samuel Pepys was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively. He was a patron of the arts, having himself composed many delightful songs and participated in the artistic life of London. Pepys witnessed the London Fire, the Great Plague, the Restoration of Charles II, and the Dutch Wars. The Diary deals with some of the most dramatic events in English history. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In spite of its significance, all previous editions were inadequately edited and suffered from a number of omissions-until Robert Latham and William Matthews went back to the 300-year-old original manuscript and deciphered each passage and phrase, no matter how obscure or indiscreet. His Diary is one of the principal sources for many aspects of the history of its period. Samuel Pepys is as much a paragon of literature as Chaucer and Shakespeare. ![]()
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