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Particular Friends: The Correspondence of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn (First Person Singular)
by De La Bedoyere, Guy; Bédoyère, Guy De La
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1843831341
- ISBN 13
- 9781843831341
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About This Item
Rochester, Ny: Boydell Press, 2005. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine Soft Cover Revised Edition 2005. The Only Mar Is The Previous Owners' Name And Date On Top Of Half-Title Page. 351 Pages Including Additions And Errata Pepys And Evelyn First Came To Know Each Other During The Second Dutch War (1664-7). As The Plague Raged In The London They Loved, They Were Both Preoccupied With The Business Of Casualties From The War, Pepys As Clerk Of The Acts, And Evelyn As A Commissioner For Sick And Wounded Seamen And Prisoners Of War. Nearly Forty Years Later They Were Still Corresponding, Exchanging Details Of Remedies For The Afflictions Of Old Age. Their Friendship, And Their Relations With Others, As Recorded In Their Famous Diaries And Letters, Provide An Exceptional Opportunity To Witness Life At The Heart Of Restoration England. This Book Includes Every Letter Which Could Be Located (Some Of Which Have Been Lost For More Than A Hundred Years), And The Complete Text Of Each Has Been Newly Transcribed And Fully Annotated. Evelyn And Pepys Are Revealed In Fresh Dimensions As Many Details Of Their Lives And Friendship Emerge Which Go Unmentioned, Or Are Barely Alluded To, In The Diaries. Guy De La Bedoyere, Historian, Archaeologist And Broadcaster, Has Also Published An Edition Of Evelyn's Diary And A Collection Of Pieces By Evelyn, The Writings Of John Evelyn..
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- First Landing Books & Art (US)
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- Title
- Particular Friends: The Correspondence of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn (First Person Singular)
- Author
- De La Bedoyere, Guy; Bédoyère, Guy De La
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1843831341
- ISBN 13
- 9781843831341
- Publisher
- Boydell Press
- Place of Publication
- Rochester, Ny
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Pepys And Evelyn King Queen Tangier Mr Drummer
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