Pepys And His Contemporaries : A Pocketbook Guide To Diarist Samuel Pepys And His Era

Author: Richard Ollard

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Price : $21.99 NZD
ISBN : 9781855145856
Publisher : National Portrait Gallery Publications
Imprint : National Portrait Gallery Publications
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Weight (g) : 0.66
Publication date : March 2016
Dimensions : 0.50000mm X 5.50000mm X 7.75000mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 21.99
Availability date : August 2015
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Author : Richard Ollard
Series : National Portrait Gallery Companions
Bind : Paperback
Edition : 1
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 809
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Pages : 120
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Illustrations : 40 colour illustrations
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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.