Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
by Tomalin, Claire
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670885681
- ISBN 13
- 9780670885688
- Seller
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Montmorillon, France
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Synopsis
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
- The Glass Key (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 103685
- Title
- Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
- Author
- Tomalin, Claire
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670885681
- ISBN 13
- 9780670885688
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
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