Pepys And His Contemporaries : A Pocketbook Guide To Diarist Samuel Pepys And His Era
Author: Richard Ollard
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: $19.95 AUD
: 9781855145856
: National Portrait Gallery Publications
: National Portrait Gallery Publications
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: 01 March 2016
: United Kingdom
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: 01 August 2015
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: Richard Ollard
: National Portrait Gallery Companions
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: English
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: 40 colour illustrations
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Description
Samuel Pepys's Diary stands with Shakespeare and the King James Bible as an indisputable treasure of English literature. As a picture of England, and especially of London, in the age of King Charles II, of Wren and Newton and Nell Gwyn, of the Plague and the Great Fire, it is a rare and honest report that charts the key events of the day. In this book, Richard Ollard introduces the man himself, his friends and acquaintances - including Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, Charles II and John Evelyn - who Pepys wrote about with such humour and abandon. Illustrated with painted portraits, busts, engravings, and an extract from the Diary in Pepys's original shorthand, this is a highly visual book that charts those men and women who surrounded Pepys.