Pepys and His Contemporaries : A Pocketbook Guide to Diarist Samuel Pepys and His Era
Author(s): Richard Ollard
Samuel Pepys's Diary stands with Shakespeare and the King James Bible as an indisputable treasure of English literature. As a picture of England, and especially of London, in the age of King Charles II, of Wren and Newton and Nell Gwyn, of the Plague and the Great Fire, it is a rare and honest report that charts the key events of the day. In this book, Richard Ollard introduces the man himself, his friends and acquaintances - including Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, Charles II and John Evelyn - who Pepys wrote about with such humour and abandon. Illustrated with painted portraits, busts, engravings, and an extract from the Diary in Pepys's original shorthand, this is a highly visual book that charts those men and women who surrounded Pepys.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : National Portrait Gallery Publications
- : National Portrait Gallery Publications
- : 0.66
- : 01 March 2016
- : 0.50000mm X 5.50000mm X 7.75000mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 August 2015
- : books
Special Fields
- : Richard Ollard
- : Paperback
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 1
- : English
- : English
- : 809
- : 809
- : 120
- : 120
- : 40 colour illustrations
- : 40 colour illustrations