OL15151233W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 88.75 Pages 578 Ppi 300 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0670914460 Urn:lcp:samuelpepysunequ00toma:epub:fcba3374-ddba-47cd-b9a5-23b5813cfdfd Extramarc University of Toronto Foldoutcount 0 Identifier samuelpepysunequ00toma Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9t15m67g Isbn 0140282343ĩ780140282344 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Openlibrary_edition I am now desperate to read Tomalin’s other biographies, especially Charles Dickens and Mrs Jordan.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:00:41 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA107417 Boxid_2 CH131406 Camera Canon 5D City London. I just found it amazing that they sat in a book shelf un read for so long. The highlight of the book for me was the final chapter in which Tomalin tells us how the diaries went undiscovered for so long and how it wasn’t until the 1970s that they were published in full. It was so interesting to read about his life after his wife’s death and his old age. I loved reading about Pepys’s family background and his amazing career path. This book is an amazing companion to the diaries. They are also significant in their descriptions of everyday life in restoration England and their frank honesty about Pepys personal life. Claire Tomalin has done a fabulous job of piecing together Pepys’s life into an interesting and readable story. The diaries are so hugely significant because of when they were written. They are one of the primary sources for anyone wishing to research the restoration, the great plague and the fire of London. However the diaries really only cover a relatively short period of his life. It moves through the famous diary years and beyond, to the death of his wife and the setting. Anyone who has read his famous diaries already feels like they know him so well. A full-scale biography of naval administrator Samuel Pepys, more well-known for being the friend of the famous and powerful, this text, which draws on Pepys own personal diary, covers his childhood and young adulthood. To write a book about someone like Pepys is a huge undertaking. I have read an abridged version of Pepys’ diary and wanted to know more about Pepys’ later life.
He had a fascinating personal life and witnessed some of the most significant events of his time.
He came from humbles beginnings to being the secretary of the admiralty. The book tells the story of Samuel Pepys who is famous for writing a detailed diary of his life and the events that surrounded him during the 1660s. I have just finished this incredible book. Samuel Pepys is the astonishing biography by bestselling author Claire Tomalin 2002 WHITBREAD BOOK OF THE YEAR Immaculately well done.
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