Modern Library Classics: The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Paperback)

from amerynth

If you look for lists of great non-fiction books, Samuel Pepys' diary nearly always can be found someplace on the list, so I thought I would check it out. Pepys lived at an interesting time and kept a dairy faithfully for about 10 years, detailing is money troubles, his awful relationship with hi...

from philipjohn

One of the most honest, perceptive and vivid first person accounts of a fascinating period.Teeming with life and directly connecting the major and minor players of seventeenth century England to the present with his eye for human vanities, joys of life and the motivations of power and class.

from philipjohn

One of the most honest, perceptive and vivid first person accounts of a fascinating period.Teeming with life and directly connecting the major and minor players of seventeenth century England to the present with his eye for human vanities, joys of life and the motivations of power and class.