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Collins, Edition: Second Edition
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In this first volume in his three-volume history of the life and career of Samuel Pepys, originally published in 1933, esteemed historian Arthur Bryant records Pepys's life from his birth to the end of his famous diary in 1669. Bryant draws on Pepys's diary and correspondence to illuminate events including Pepys' operation for bladder stones, the death of his wife Elizabeth and the Great Fire of London. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Pepys or Restoration politics.
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The first volume of a three volume study of that very important diarist and naval bureaucrat. It has been mined assiduously by other popularizers since. Good clear prose Bryant does a good job of putting the man in context. The book can still be found second hand.
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1933