London : Viking, 2002. 8th edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxxix, 499 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Pepys Family Tree -- Map 1. The London Dwellings of Samuel Pepys -- Map 2. Huntingdon, Hinchingbrooke and Brampton -- pt. 1. 1633-1660. 1. The Elected Son. 2. A Schoolboy's War: Huntingdon and St. Paul's. 3. Cambridge and Clerking. 4. Love and Pain. 5. A House in Axe Yard. 6. A Diary -- pt. 2. 1660-1669. 7. Changing Sides. 8. Families. 9. Work. 10. Jealousy. 11. Death and Plague. 12. War. 13. Marriage. 14. The King. 15. The Fire. 16. Three Janes. 17. The Secret Scientist. 18. Speeches and Stories. 19. Surprise and Disorder -- pt. 3. 1669-1703. 20. After the Diary. 21. Public and Private Life. 22. Plots. 23. Travels for the Stuarts. 24. Whirligigs. 25. The Jacobite. 26. A Journey to be Made. Subjects: Pepys, Samuel 1633-1703; Pepys, Samuel 1633-1703 naval official and diarist; Biography; Great Britain. Royal Navy Officials and employees; 17th century.

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Samuel Pepys achieved fame as a naval administrator, a friend and colleague of the powerful and learned, a figure of substance. But for nearly ten years he kept a private diary in which he recorded, with unparalleled openness and sensitivity to the turbulent world around him, exactly what it was like to be a young man in Restoration London. This diary lies at the heart of Claire Tomalin's biography. Yet the use she makes of it - and of other hitherto unexamined material - is startlingly fresh and original. Within and beyond the narrative of Pepys's extraordinary career, she explores his inner life - his relations with women, his fears and ambitions, his political shifts, his agonies and his delights.

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Bookseller: MW Books Ltd. (IE)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 390608
Title: Samuel Pepys : the unequalled self
Author: Tomalin, Claire
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 8th edition
ISBN 10: 0670885681
ISBN 13: 9780670885688
Publisher: London : Viking
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2002

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