The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Title | The Diary of Samuel Pepys PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Pepys |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1949 |
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The diary of Samuel Pepys
Title | The diary of Samuel Pepys PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Benjamin Wheatley |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1923 |
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. 8
Title | The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. 8 PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Pepys |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 640 |
Release | 2000-12-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0520226992 |
Samuel Pepys is as much a paragon of literature as Chaucer and Shakespeare. His Diary is one of the principal sources for many aspects of the history of its period. In spite of its significance, all previous editions were inadequately edited and suffered from a number of omissions—until Robert Latham and William Matthews went back to the 300-year-old original manuscript and deciphered each passage and phrase, no matter how obscure or indiscreet. The Diary deals with some of the most dramatic events in English history. Pepys witnessed the London Fire, the Great Plague, the Restoration of Charles II, and the Dutch Wars. He was a patron of the arts, having himself composed many delightful songs and participated in the artistic life of London. His flair for gossip and detail reveals a portrait of the times that rivals the most swashbuckling and romantic historical novels. In none of the earlier versions was there a reliable, full text, with commentary and notation with any claim to completeness. This edition, first published in 1970, is the first in which the entire diary is printed with systematic comment. This is the only complete edition available; it is as close to Pepys’s original as possible.
A Survey of London
Title | A Survey of London PDF eBook |
Author | John Stow |
Publisher | |
Pages | 478 |
Release | 1908 |
Genre | London (England) |
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Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Title | Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony PDF eBook |
Author | George Francis Dow |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 415 |
Release | 2012-08-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0486157857 |
Comprehensive, reliable account of 17th-century life in one of the country's earliest settlements. Contemporary records, over 100 historically valuable pictures vividly describe early dwellings, furnishings, medicinal aids, wardrobes, trade, crimes, more.
Hyde Park, Its History and Romance
Title | Hyde Park, Its History and Romance PDF eBook |
Author | Mrs. Alec-Tweedie (Ethel) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 500 |
Release | 1908 |
Genre | Hyde Park (London, England) |
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The Penny Universities
Title | The Penny Universities PDF eBook |
Author | Aytoun Ellis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 1956 |
Genre | Coffee drinks |
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Traces the development of coffee-houses and their gradual evolution into the typical English institution, the club.