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Physical description; lxx, 1013 p. ; 21 cm. Subject; Evelyn, John 1620-1706. Diarists - England - Biography. Great Britain - History - Stuarts, 1603-1714.
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GUY DE LA BÉDOYERE holds degrees in history and archaeology from the Universities of Durham and London.
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Evelyn's social life, his contacts with public figures, his accounts of the Royal Society, his personal reflections, his comments on current events... his playgoing (of Hamlet he writes `but now the old playe began to disgust this refined age') - all these are here in full. For those who go to Evelyn for his literary qualities and his picture of his life and times, this is a well made selection, excellently presented. (Austin Woolrych) HISTORY The diary's record of Evelyn's own life and that of his family, and the entries giving his comments on current events and on the great and good of his day...are what most readers are likely to value in the diary, and this readable volume should therefore serve its purpose well. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
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- PublisherEveryman
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1857152913
- ISBN 13 9781857152913
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages1050
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