The Concise Pepys (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) - Softcover

Samuel Pepys

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853264784 ISBN 13: 9781853264788

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) began his celebrated diary on 1st January 1660 immediately prior to the Restoration of Charles II to the throne and the subsequent loosening of the rigid moral and social code enforced during the Puritan Commonwealth. As variously Clerk to the Council, a Member of Parliament, a prisoner in the Tower of London, twice Secretary to the Admiralty and President of the Royal Society, Pepys was in a unique position to observe and record in detail a fascinating ten-year period of English history which included not only the Restoration, but the Great Plague of 1665 and the Fire of London the following year. However it was not only the affairs of State which took up the great diarist's interest, for he was a regular attendant at the King's Theatre, was a hearty eater and drinker and delighted in recording his fondness for women, especially his own and his friends' young servant girls.

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About the Author

Samuel Pepys was the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and King James II. His influence and reforms were important in the early professionalization of the Royal Navy.

Tom Griffith has also translated Plato's The Republic, Symposium, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, and Phaedrus.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1853264784
• ISBN 13: 9781853264788
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 816