Samuel Pepys

In his diary, Pepys provides a definitive eyewitness account of the main events in 1660s English history, along with lively descriptions of his socializing, his amorous entanglements, his theatre-going and music-making.

A Selection

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Originally written in code, Pepys' diary includes his unforgettable eyewitness account of the 1666 Fire.

The Great Fire of London

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Volume 1

Diarios (1660-1669)

The Complete Diary of Samuel Pepys

In this diary Pepys observed and recorded the details of a ten-year period of English history which included not only the Restoration, but the Great Plague of 1665 and the Fire of London of the following year.

The Concise Pepys

Robert Latham

William Matthews

The entire diary is presented with historical and literary interpretation

1660

Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Esq., F. R. S.,from His Ms. Cypher in the Pepysian Library

Diary and Correspondence, in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II.

F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reign of Charles II and James II; the Diary Deciphered by the Rev. J. Smith, A.M. from the Original Shorthand Ms. Life and Notes by Richard, Lord Braybrooke. With Four Portraits on Steel

Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys

Secretary of the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II.

Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.

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.

1666

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. 7

Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Etc. Third Edition, Considerably Enlarged

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty

Diary and correspondence. From his M.S. cypher in the Pepysian library

Mynors Bright

Transcribed from the Shorthand Manuscript in the Pepysian Library Magdalene College, Cambridge

Transcribed from the Shorthand Manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge

A further BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the famous diarist's writings, starring Kris Marshall and Katherine Jakeways as Mr & Mrs Pepys. Samuel Pepys was 26 when he began his diary, in January 1660. For the next ten years he faithfully recorded each day's events and confessed his innermost thoughts. In these BBC radio dramatisations, the sights and sounds of his world are vividly conjured. In these new instalments the diary focuses on events following the cataclysmic Great Fire of London in 1666. Duration: 1 hour 15 mins approx

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