The Joys of Excess (Penguin Great Food) - Softcover

Pepys, Samuel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241956382 ISBN 13: 9780241956380

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2011

Synopsis

As well as being the most celebrated diarist of all time, Samuel Pepys was also a hearty drinker, eater and connoisseur of epicurean delights, who indulged in every pleasure seventeenth-century London had to offer. Whether he is feasting on barrels of oysters, braces of carps, larks' tongues and copious amounts of wine, merrymaking in taverns until the early hours, attending formal dinners with lords and ladies or entertaining guests at home with his young wife, these irresistible selections from Pepys's diaries provide a frank, high- spirited and vivid picture of the joys of over-indulgence - and the side-effects afterwards.

About this title

About the Author:

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was a naval administrator and Member of Parliament but is best remembered as a diarist. Kept between 1660-1669 and written in Shelton's shorthand, Pepys' diary recorded major historical events, like the plague and The Great Fire of London alongside his more personal concerns and activities, including politics, his work in public life and rows with his wife, Elizabeth. Throughout are his fulsome thoughts on food, including his first encounter with drinking chocolate.

Review:

A visceral, earthy writer -- Hermione Lee Vigorous, precise, enchanting ... the most ordinary and the most extraordinary writer you will ever meet -- Claire Tomalin

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0241956382
• ISBN 13: 9780241956380
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112