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by Samuel Pepys (Author)
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The 1660s represent a turning point in English history and for all the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague and the Fire of London - Pepys provides definitive eyewitness descriptions. Unequalled for its frankness, high spirits and sharp observations, his diary is a slice of 17th-century life and an acknowledged literary masterpiece. It is crammed with Pepys's socializing, his amorous entanglements, his theatre-going and music-making, but also includes details of his work at the Navy Board and the official journey to bring Charles II back from The Hague. This edition contains about a third of the original text.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pepys' daily problems show little has changed in 340 years, 30 Aug 2000
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It's well worth getting into Pepys, and this book is the best way to do it. The style takes a little getting used to and the more detailed full diary can be rather frustrating at first, with it's incessant notation. The 'Shorter' Pepys hasn't been edited to give only the highlights, but a representative selection so there are plenty of the mundane days in here. However it's delightfully reassuring to find that getting up and going to the office hasn't changed a bit. He encounters the same daily frustrations that we do and records them with candour, for example when he goes down into his cellar and accidentally puts 'my foot into a pile of turd' which had come through from next-door. Aswell as the mundane there are some incredibly fascinating historical events and as Pepys was very close to the rulers of the day he provides a lot of superb background. The account of the Great Fire of London and his comments on the plague are worth reading on their own. But the best bits are the things that delight him for their sheer curiosity and his pleasure. Get the Pepys Companion for background. Aim to read a little of the diary at a time. The more you re-read it the more you will understand. Then move on to the detail of the full diary.